It the large percentage of cases, both parties work to find ways to make a bad marriage “better” and try to avoid divorce. When after counseling, there are still serious issues, especially in cases of emotional or physical abuse (most often from the husband but also can go in the other direction) a get will be necessary. Fortunately, there are options available today to limit the extent to which either side in a divorce can withhold consent to extort economic gains or to limit access to the children. We are very fortunate that most beis dins have become very aggressive in assuring that the rights of both sides in the divorce are protecting and using a variety of means to discourage extortion by withholding a get.
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