Recently, in some modern Orthodox circles, a movement has emerged to support an additional marriage contract. This is a response to a growing number of cases where the husband refuses to grant a religious divorce. In such cases, the local authorities are not in a position to intervene, both for the sake of separation of Church and State and because certain Halachois problems would arise. This situation leaves the woman in a state of Aginut where she is not able to remarry. To remedy this situation, the movement promotes a marriage contract in which the couple agrees to carry out their divorce, if it occurs, before a rabbinical court. .