Tuushi wrote:BV That would leave lots of people in miserable marriages.
Not really the ball is always in the woman's court. Normally if the woman asks for a divorce she needs to pay back the mehr, if she never received it there is nothing to pay back. If he really was a rubbish husband then he still has to pay something even if she's the one asking for a divorce. If the man asks for a divorce he has to pay the whole mehr.
There are women who really don't want to get divorced no matter how rubbish the guy is and this is an effective (even if misguided) way to not get divorced. And if she does get divorced she has a healthy nest egg to start over with.


