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'Getting' It Done Through Social Media and Other Forms of Protest
From a review of the online docket entries, the divorce action in Montgomery County, PA, between Susan Szczepanski and her husband Julius Shaneson was hotly contested. As residents of the Main Line, living in the Western suburbs of Philadelphia, the parties battled in family court for more than four years. Julius filed for divorce in 2006, and shortly thereafter, the case intensified ' with claims made for an interim equitable distribution, alimony pendente lite , and exclusive possession of the former marital home. Like many hard-fought divorce actions, there were discovery-related disputes, an allegation of contempt, and a disagreement over the final date of separation. After more than 90 docket entries, the parties were finally divorced in 2010.
Religious Divorce
Although the civil action ended more than four years ago, the parties are still battling, but apparently not over the terms of their economic settlement. Instead, their dispute is over Julius' refusal to issue his ex-wife an Orthodox Jewish divorce, otherwise known as a “Get.” According to the website of the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot (ORA) ' a non-profit organization that “assists in the timely resolution of contentious Jewish divorces” ' although Julius “has moved on with his life, he refuses to give Susan an Orthodox Get.” (The word “agunot” in Hebrew literally means “chained.” In common parlance, it refers to Jewish women held hostage by their estranged husbands, who refuse to give them a religious divorce.)
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