What are the standard Bais Din procedures?
1) A standard Get procedure is non-adversarial and does not involve litigation. 2) One of the parties contacts the Bais Din to initiate the Get procedure, and/or set a date for both of them to appear for the Get procedure, and makes arrangements for payment of fee. 3) Each party may be accompanied by a family member or friend. 4) When both husband and wife appear, the following transpires: The Get, a 12 line document, is written by hand by an experienced scribe under the direction of the Bais Din. After the document has been written it is signed by two authorized witnesses. The husband then presents the document to the wife in the presence of the witnesses at which point the divorce takes effect. 5) Once the Get has been accepted by the wife, it is cut by the supervising Rabbi (so that it can never be used again) and retained in the Bais Din files. 6) The Bais Din issues a document (P’tur) to each party, generally after the civil divorce is finalized, indicating that a Get has been giv
