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AVITZUR v. AVITZUR

86 A.D.2d 133 (1982)

Susan R. Avitzur, Respondent, v. Boaz Avitzur, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

April 8, 1982

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis-Jack Pozner for appellant.

Lee, LeForestier, Malone, Smith & Hanft (Richard A. Hanft of counsel), for respondent.

SWEENEY, KANE and WEISS, JJ., concur with MAHONEY, P. J.; LEVINE, J., dissents and votes to affirm in a separate opinion.

MAHONEY, P. J.

Married in a Jewish religious ceremony on May 22, 1966, plaintiff and defendant signed a written agreement known as a "Ketubah" that same day as part of the religious ceremony. On May 17, 1978, defendant obtained a civil divorce in the State Supreme Court on the ground of plaintiff's cruel and inhuman treatment. Desirous of obtaining a Jewish religious divorce, known as a "Get", plaintiff commenced this action in February of 1980 for specific...

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