Abdolkarim Mousavi-Ardabili rules on the conditions of a woman's right to divorce in the event of a second marriage:

Fatwa, posted 4.22.2010, from Iran, in:
Religious Authority: 
Abdolkarim Mousavi-Ardabili
Fatwa Question or Essay Title: 
Through the marriage contract, usually the husband gives the wife the power to file for divorce if he marries a second woman. However, if it happens that the wife refrains from satisfying the husband [sexually], in such event, if the husband remarries, may the wife file for divorce? What if the second marriage happened by a permission from the court?

 In such circumstances where the wife refrains from fulfilling her duties under marriage, she may not file for divorce; the conditions for applying the contractual arrangements are not satisfied.

 

[Islamopedia Online note: The husband's sexual access to the wife is considered an essential premise of the Islamic marriage contract according to a majority opinion among jurists.]

سؤال : در عقدنامه ها زوج به زوجه وكالت مي دهد در صورتي كه همسر ديگري اختيار نمايد، زوجه مي تواند خود را مطلقه نمايد. گاهي زوجه حاضر به تمكين نيست و ناشزه مي باشد. الف) در اين موارد اگر زوج اقدام به ازدواج مجدد نمايد، آيا زوجه مي تواند خود را مطلقه سازد؟ ب) در صورتي كه ازدواج دوم با راي دادگاه بوده باشد، چطور؟ جواب : الف ب) در مفروض سوال كه نشوز مطرح است، زن نمي تواند خود را مطلقه نمايد و شرط از اين صورت منصرف است.