The Bais Din directed that this property be sold and that the husband receive 50% of the proceeds. However, since Osterman was not a party to the arbitration agreement, and he did not authorize the Bais Din to dispose of his property, the award deprived him of his property without due process and was not binding on him ( see Levovitz v. Yeshiva Beth Henoch, 120 A.D.2d 289, 296; cf. Matter of Little Neck Computers v. Guido, 217 A.D.2d 659). Accordingly, this provision of the award was invalid. The Bais Din's award directed the wife to withdraw a pending criminal complaint against the husband However, an arbitration award that deprives a party of a constitutional right to seek redress or protection in a civil or criminal matter is against public policy ( see Rakoszynski v. Rakoszynski, 174 Misc.2d 509, 515). Furthermore, the Bais Din's award of an attorneys' fee to the husband was invalid because the parties' arbitration agreement did not authorize such an award ( see Myron Assocs. v. Obstfeld, 224 A.D.2d 504).