UK Parliament / Open data

Domestic Abuse Bill

Moved by

Baroness Altmann

3: Clause 1, page 2, line 1, at end insert—

“(f) unreasonable prevention or threat of prevention of dissolution of a religious Jewish marriage via a religious bill of divorce (a “get”);”

Member’s explanatory statement

This specifically itemises one spouse unreasonably preventing the dissolution of a Jewish religious marriage with a ‘get’ as being within the scope of the Bill by bringing it under the definition of abusive behaviour.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
809 c1428 
Session
2019-21
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Back to top