Editing Prenuptial agreement (section)

===Judaism===
{{Main|Jewish prenuptial agreement|Ketubah}}

In Judaism, the ''[[ketubah]]'', a prenuptial contract, has long been established as an integral part of the [[Jewish views of marriage|Jewish marriage]] and is signed and read aloud at the marriage ceremony. It contains the husband's requirement to support his wife by providing her with food, clothing and sex, as well as providing for the wife's support in the case of divorce or the husband's death. However, under this passage, a woman is free to leave if her husband doesn't provide for her.

In 2004, the [[High Court of South Africa]] upheld a cherem against a [[Johannesburg]] businessman because he refused to pay his former wife alimony as ordered by [[The Johannesburg Beth Din]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bregmans.co.za/court-upholds-jewish-orthodox-right-of-excommunication/|title=Court upholds Jewish Orthodox right of excommunication|last=Bregmans|date=8 May 2014}}</ref>

Recently, a movement supporting an additional prenuptial agreement has emerged in some [[Modern Orthodox Judaism|Modern Orthodox]] circles. This is in response to a growing number of cases in which the husband refuses to grant ''[[Get (divorce document)|gett]]'', a religious divorce. In such matters, the local authorities are unable to intervene, both out of concerns regarding the [[separation of church and state]] and because certain ''[[Jewish law|halakhic]]'' problems would arise. This situation leaves the wife in a state of {{Transliteration|he|[[agunah|aginut]]}}, in which she is unable to remarry. To remedy this situation, the movement promotes a prenuptial agreement in which the couple agrees to conduct their divorce, should it occur, in a [[Beth din|rabbinical court]].