Get Refusal Can Now Be Recognized As A Criminal Offense In UK

By Staff Reporter
Posted on 03/07/21 | News Source: Times of Israel

Husbands who refuse their wives a religious divorce  are more likely to be prosecuted following “momentous” changes to the government’s Domestic Abuse Bill.

A man who refuses a get will now be clearly recognised as exerting controlling and coercive behaviour, which is listed as a criminal offence under the Serious Crime Act of 2015.

If found guilty, an offender could face up to five years in jail.

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While get refusal could previously have been considered a criminal offence under the 2015 Act, experts say the law was ambiguous and had yet to be fully tested in court. New amendments to the Act, combined with the Domestic Abuse Bill, have now eradicated any doubt.

Read more at Times of Israel.