Paying the Ketubah Money Guaranteed Upon Divorce
Within this document, "Ketubah" refers to the Bill outlining the husband's obligation to pay a sum to his wife in the event of his divorce/death. "Ketubah-Money" refers to that money.
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Pre-payment
If she discovers an object after the divorce and before the ketubah has been paid, it is hers as pre-payment: Bava Metzia 12a
Collection
Ability to collect by showing a Bill of Divorce, without the Ketubah: Bava Metzia 17b
Above, in a town where they generally do not write a Ketubah: Bava Metzia 17b
Collecting via a Bill of Divorce which had been lost requires proof of the time when it was delivered: Bava Metzia 19a
Ability to Collect from one who bought the husband's fields during the time when he owed the Ketubah Money: Bava Kama 8a
Collection is from the Purchaser of the Husband's last Property: Bava Kama 8a
Quality of Payment (Dependent upon Biblical vs Rabbinic Status of the Payment): Ketuvot 10a, Bava Kama 7b-8a
Option for the Husband to offer Higher Quality payment, to be evaluated at a seasonal rate which will be favorable for him: Bava Kama 7b
Where the Husband has only High and Middle Class Property: Bava Kama 7b
Where the Husband has only Middle and Low Class Property: Bava Kama 7b-8a
Distingushing in the above case between:
- If the Husband Sold his Best Property after liability, or not;
- If the Husband's Intermediate Property is equal to that of others, or better;
- If the Value of Property is judged in comparison with that of others, or only that of the Husband;
- Whether Loans are repaid from Intermediate Property, or Cheap Property.
- All of the above appear in Bava Kama 7b-8a
Where a Single Individual Purchased the Property, but he Purchased the Finest Quality after the Rest: Bava Kama 8a-b
Where the Purchaser sold off the Intermediate and Cheap sections of the Husband's former Property: Bava Kama 8b
Where the Purchaser sold off the Expensive Section of the Husband's former Property: Bava Kama 8b
If the Seller is going to have to Repay the Purchaser when the field is collected for a debt [or perhaps even if he won't], then the Seller is able to stand against a Lender who tries to collect his property from the Purchaser, as a true party to that case: Bava Kama 8b
Institution protecting Purchasers, forbidding Collection from Third-Party property where the Husband still has property: Bava Kama 8b
Collecting from a Purchaser who declares preference for not following the Institutionh [Above], because he will benefit more this way: Bava Kama 8b
Payment via the value of the actual Bill of Divorce: Gittin 20b
Shubar (Receipt)
Writing a receipt to prevent the woman from claiming the Ketubah money again: Ketuvot 16b; Sotah 7b
Writing a receipt to prevent repeat use of witnesses from her marriage: Ketuvot 16b
Allowing an ex-husband to write his own receipt: Gittin 22b