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Alice M.* talks about the life-changing help she received from Her Justice.
*name changed to protect the anonymity of our client
Chavie’s Justice
Chavie was 30 years old and a former adherent of the Hasidic faith when she came to Her Justice in 2012 seeking to change the terms of the custodial agreement she and her ex-husband had reached for their three children before an all-male tribunal of rabbis.
As per the religious divorce, they had originally agreed to joint custody of the children with visitation rights for the ex-husband and Chavie as the residential parent. They also agreed to raise the children in the Hasidic faith, including sending them to Hasidic schools. Since the agreement, Chavie was slowly moving away from her faith and finding a new identity for herself.
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