Beis Din Recommendation

Bais Yosef,

Mechon L’Choshen Mishpat (R’ Chaim KOhn),

Bais Din Tzedek Umishpot

Joseph has a Beis Din in his house?

Joseph>>>

copied and pasted from the website of Beth Din of America in NYC:

FEES

Typically, a din torah case is heard by a panel of three dayanim (arbitrators) at the rate of $300 per hour per side ($600 per hour total). Cases involving amounts in controversy of less than $10,000 are typically heard by a single dayan at the rate of $150 per hour per side ($300 per hour total

BDA tries to be more transparent than charedi beis dins and the reason is they are trying to get people to use them rather than secular courts so they try to be more open. Unfortunalty many chaerdi beis dins arent as fair as their should be. and this is not coming from me , Even Rav Schecter has said so publically I think in Mishpacha (or simialar magazine)

Joseph….

The Beth Din of America is NOT affiliated with the RCA. It became an autonomous organization back in 1994. Many people still have this misconception.

Joesph…

A simple Get…where the beis din doesn’t have to travel to the clients out of town and both parties are present typically runs from $500-$800.

I recently brought a Chabad beis din from Brooklyn to CT for a client’s get. The wife was planning to remarry within the Chabad sphere, the couple had a civil divorce granted 5 years ago and had lived apart for 7 years. The dayan’s driver was also the sofer and a member of the tribunal and a cousin of the dayan, who is a long time rebbe in a local day school (a true Talmud Chocham with smicha) served as the 3rd member. We used a classroom at the day school as a neutral site. The fees were $1200 including travel and we made a $100 donation to the day school for use of the room.

As for my use of the word affiliated, it may have been a poor choice. Since 1994 BDA is an autonomous organization, not a branch of RCA. I think the affiliation refers to the fact that BDA’s dayanim are members of the RCA/UOJCA and those organizations hold by BDA decisions and refer cases there.

From what I’ve seen of R’ Hershel Shechter’s anti-B”D tirades, most of his ta’anos are that Batei Din that allow to’anim are dishonest, which is too general a statement to be accurate. I’ve also seen him spread literal libel about certain Batei Din.

B”D usually charges per hour, as mentioned, and it is split between the plaintiff and defendant. In the extremely rare cases where the plaintiff had no real claim, and the defendant went to b”d only because he didn’t have a choice in the matter, his fee is usually waived. (I don’t know if the plaintiff has to pay it, or if b”d loses out.)

It is wisest to go to a reputable b”d and that neither side should have to’anim. If the dayyanim are talmidei chachaim (if they’re not, find a different b”d), to’anim are unnecessary and are just an additional expense. R’ Shechter also has a valid point that to’anim could drag out a case, and that in inept batei din, the to’anim could cause a misruling. This isn’t c”v saying that all to’anim are crooks, and k”v not saying that all batei din that allow to’anim are corrupt.

Joe -“Why do you need a beis din of three altogether for an uncontested Get”

You don’t! For my Get, I used the Sofer & 2 Eidim.

The 3 come together.

Joe -“A simple Get…where the beis din doesn’t have to travel to the clients out of town and both parties are present typically runs from $500-$800”

“How much did it cost you, Health?”

This is a good price. I had to pay more because of travel.

“Were the costs split?”

No. I wanted a Get, so I had to pay for it! But I didn’t want to divorce.

Comlink-X -“So, you’re saying your wife was no longer religious, Health?”

Whatever I’m saying – it isn’t to any trolls!

Comlink-X

“You say that you didn’t want to divorce, but you did get divorced,

so your wife must have been the one who wanted the divorce.”

I believe that Health has indicated in other threads that she is female. She needs the get in order to be able to remarry.