Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said concerning the words of Allah Almighty, "Unless they forgo it, or forgoes it" [Surah al-Baqarah: 237]: This is the previously married woman or the virgin who is married off by someone other than her father; if they wish they may take the dowry, or they may forgo it. Then he said: "Or the one in whose hand is the marriage tie forgoes it" [Surah al-Baqarah: 237] means the father of the virgin girl. Allah has given the right to forgo to him, and she has no say alongside him when she is divorced, as long as she is under his care.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصداق / 14457