Divorce
Halakha (Jewish law) allows for divorce. The document of divorce is termed a get.
[Conservatuve Judaism]? follows most of the laws and traditions regarding marriage divorce as is found in Orthodox Judaism. One difference is that the Conservative movement allows certain changes to be made in the Ketubah (wedding document) to make it egalitarian. Often a clause is added to prevent any possibility of the women ever becoming agunah (called "the Lieberman clause"), or a t'nai (prenuptual agreement) is signed which has the same effect.
Reform Jews usually do not use a kosher Ketubah at their weddings; They instead use a short wedding certificate. They generally do not issue Jewish divorces, seeing a civil divorce as both necessary and sufficient. Conservative and Orthodox Judaism do not recognize civil law as overridin religious law, and thus do not view a civil divorce as sufficient. Thus, a man or woman may be considered divorced by the Reform Jewish community, but still married by the Orthodox or Conservative community.
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