Use of the Assets of a Woman with Dementia
Question
If a couple has been married for many years, and now the wife has severe dementia and is not of sound mind, may the husband, according to Halacha (not according to civil law), give one of his assets to one of his sons, or is he forbidden to do so because of his obligation in the ketubah?
Answer
Shalom and blessings.
If it is registered in his name and it is indeed his, he is permitted to use it.
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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