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From: fox@nimbus.DEC (Roberta L. Fox  DTN 297-2110)
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Subject: Request for info re: a _get_
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Date: Mon, 21-Oct-85 07:10:25 EDT
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Dear People:

I am currently in the process of filing for divorce from my 
non-Jewish husband.  Although it's clear that my daughter is 
Jewish _k'halacha_ (and has been/is being raised as such), I'm 
unclear as to whether I need a _get_ (bill of divorcement) 
in order to marry a Jew and/or have non-mamzer children.
NOT that I am planning either of these; but I'm only 31, and 
recognize that people have been known to change their minds... :-)

If I do need a _get_, or some other formal statement from my ex 
(such as a statement that he is not now, nor has ever been, a Jew),
I may not be in as good a position to get him to cooperate as I 
am in now.

I am obviously not Orthodox, nor am I a _ba`alat tshuva_, since I 
don't consider that I ever left.  However, to avoid problems 
that my child(ren) might later have (especially given the current 
tenor of debate of the Orthodox vs. the rest of the organized Jewish 
tendencies), I would like to do this according to _halacha_. 

If anyone can either cite a reference dealing with 
this issue, or refer me to a competent rabbinic authority 
(I live in Brookline, Mass.), please contact me, either by 
electronic mail or U.Snail, with the information.

Thanks.

	Bobbi

        USPS: 252 Aspinwall Ave, Brookline, MA 02146
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