When Parties Agree to Religious Arbitration, Arbitrator’s Religious Decision Is Enforceable

In S.I. v. M.I., decided Friday by the New Jersey appellate court (Judges Morris Smith and Lisa Perez-Friscia), an Orthodox Jewish couple divorced, and in the midst of the divorce proceedings agreed to religious arbitration as to whether the husband had to give the wife a “get” (the Jewish religious divorce that is required for…