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14-year-old girl is Israel's 'youngest divorcee'

by mudricky | March 1, 2009 at 04:40 am

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Israeli media are reporting a 14-year-old Israeli girl has got a divorce from her husband aged 17-years-old.

The couple exchanged vows and a ring in front of friends but when her parents found out what had occurred, they insisted on a religious divorce.

The religious court in Jerusalem then held the divorce proceeding and agreed to it.

The divorce will go on the girl's legal file, meaning that when she is 16, her identity card will say she is divorced.

One consequence of this is that - if she follows Jewish religious law - she will not be able to marry anyone from the traditional Jewish priestly caste.

A 14-year-old Israeli girl has got a divorce from her 17-year-old husband, making her what media are describing as the country's youngest divorcee.

The divorce came after a rabbinical court ruled that their wedding met the major requirements of Jewish law.

The two sweethearts had exchanged vows in front of friends, exchanged a ring, and the union had been consummated.

When her parents found out what had occurred, they insisted on a religious divorce, which she initially refused.

Both partners come from traditionally religious Jewish families.

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at 04:47 on March 1st, 2009

Goodness that is a little over the top having here divorced I can accept that since religion seems to be involved and one can not argue with once faith. However keeping it on her record after 16 years of age is absurd, in Europe, Canada as we as Australia once 16 or 18 in some countries the records is wiped clean same goes for offender under 16, by the time they are 18 their record is wiped clean unless they re-offend of course.