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Is there any advantage in me initiating proceedings at the family court, before my husband goes to the rabbinical court?

Definitely - regarding maintenance for a wife or children, and/or child custody and/or division of marital partnership in property, including the home, proceedings are usually more efficient, quicker and cheaper if dealt with at the family court, and not at the rabbinical court, although they can be heard there , if tied to a divorce plea filed there first. All these issues, except the actual divorce between Jews, can be dealt with at the family court, as the rabbinical court has exclusive jurisdiction over the actual divorce (or 'get'), irrespective of where the two Jewish parties married in the world, and irrespective of in whatever ceremony they did so.

If, however, the husband files at the rabbinical court first, then he will block the tactical advantage that the wife could gain by acting first.