Gett Refusal Incurs Heavy Fine

A husband refusing to grant his wife a gett, essentially leaving her as an agunah, is a big problem. From what i have read, another major problem is the women who refuse to accept a gett from the estranged husband, holding out until demands are met. I have seen conflicting numbers on these matters so I do not know which is more serious, but the beis din can often find simpler solutions to the woman refusing to accept than they can when the husband refuses to give.
A case went before the beis din. The couple had married in 2010. In 2014 Mr filed for divorce. Two and a half years later the beis din ordered them to divorce after efforts towards reconciliation failed. Mrs does not want to get divorced, though her appeal to the Beis Din Hagadol was rejected. The beis din also decided that after such a long separation without any successful reconciliation, the divorce should be forced on her - sanctions should be imposed on her until she accepts.
Mrs continued to refuse the divorce. The beis decided that Mr had suffered years of abuse at the hands of Mrs and at the hands of her family and that is what caused him to despise her. They also decided that the reason she refuses to divorce and the reason reconciliation was not successful is her desire to control him with emotion and sometimes physical abuse.
The beis din has imposed sanctions on her, including not allowing her to leave the country, no passport or drivers license, among other sanctions. Her appeals were rejected.
Because she continues to refuse the gett, beis din decided to impose further sanctions under the category of contempt of court, or in this case contempt of the beis din by her refusal to comply with their orders. She will now be obligated to pay a fine of 165nis per day until she accepts the gett. She also will have to pay 40,000nis to her husband to compensate for monetary damages she caused him by her refusal over a period of our and a half years.
source: Takdin
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