[Avodah] Kiddushin and Bigamy

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 01:48:57PM -0500, Zev Sero wrote:
>>> no reason why he should wait for the civil divorce to come through.

>> That depends why it's taking so long. I can't comment on a real case
>> without knowing why the first wife is making the divorce difficult.

> Why does it matter?  What does halacha care about the civil divorce?
> What if the couple decided, for one reason or another, not to even
> bother with a civil divorce; why would that be a problem?

If the first wife is holding things up because he isn't paying his
due, eg for child support, then I would hope no one would offer to
be mesadeir qiddushin and enable his short-changing his children.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha