The complexity of the situation was due to the hatband having had a severe stroke, lacking cognitive fitness to produce and provide a divorce for his wife, who is also blind.
The husband initially suffered a severe stroke six years ago, when his cognitive and physical condition began to deteriorate rapidly, forcing him to remain hospitalized at a facility in northern Israel. Due to his condition, he was unable to attend court proceedings.
The three judges that visited the north, Rabbi Uriel Lavie, Rabbi David Lebanon and Rabbi Mordechai Mizrahi Bar-Or, did so in coordination with the husband's guardian. The rabbis were forced to travel to the north also in order to a provide a Jewish religious divorce, which is done with the husband's decision.