Uncontested Divorce Legal Answers

3 years into our marriage it’s clear that it isn’t going to work. I’m from Israel and my wife is from the US and our cultural and religious differences are just too great. My family is still in Israel and my father is very ill. I want to get back there as soon as possible and take care of him. Other than a car we bought together, my wife and I don’t have anything of value and I’m willing to just sign the car over to her. How quickly can I get divorced so that I can go back home to Israel and not have to come back to the U.S. for any divorce proceedings?

I want to divorce my husband, he’s been physically and emotionally abusive to me for years. Our children are grown and there is nothing financially to fight over. I don’t want anything from him and my family will help support me and get me back on my feet once this marriage is over. However, my husband says he will never agree to a divorce. Under Jewish law, only he can give me the get and if he doesn’t, I have to stay married to him. Can a Jewish lawyer do something to require him to agree to an uncontested divorce, and if still won’t, how do I get out of this marriage? I fear for my safety from him at this point.

My wife and I are separating and we are on good terms. I filed for an uncontested divorce, which she knows about and agrees with. I have the paperwork that I filed along with the summons that the court clerk told me had to be served on my wife. She said I was not allowed to serve the papers because I’m a party to the case, but it will cost me money to hire a private server. My wife says she will just stop by my apartment and pick up the papers and then go to court to file her response. Is that acceptable or will that somehow hold up the divorce?