RSRH: That’s not correct. You’re seeming to come here under the impression that Torah Yidden are bad, while I’m assuming they’re good. A Torah abiding Yid will want to follow halacha. And if halacha demands that an estate be divided in accordance with Shulchan Aruch, then Torah Yidden in line for the yerusha will do so. Even if one could get away with more than halachicly entitled by invoking goyishe law and utilizing arkoyos. He won’t do so. He will say halacha is halacha, I am bound to it, and I will follow it. And if some goyish court or administrator awards him in accordance with secular law, which is more than he is entitled to under halacha, he will voluntarily give it to his brother who is entitled to it under halacha, as determined by Beis Din.
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