A "Get" Law for Maryland?
Also on Aguthath’s agenda: A “Get Law” for Maryland, which would require men filing for civil divorce to also file an affidavit stating that all barriers to remarriage – including religious barriers like the need for a get, or Jewish divorce – have been removed by the seeker of the dissoluton.
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