Family Law

We’ve been practicing Family and Inheritance Law for years, with countless successful cases. Our Jerusalem clients can count on our Family and Inheritance Law practice group to manage the legal process as professionally and efficiently as possible in order to achieve our clients' goals.

Family law includes, amongst others, divorce issues, disputes between family members over property and other family matters. We consider our family to be the most important framework in our lives. As such, when disputes within the family come up, often the most beneficial way to resolve them is in the framework of mutually agreed mediation. Mediation attempts to settle such disputes in a way amenable to both sides, without the necessity of major litigation and court-imposed decisions. WE can often resolve these very personal and often complex disputes in a way that diffuses (instead of fostering) tensions. Mediation is a private procedure that is discrete and privileged, with minimum involvement of the courts, and can prevent lengthy, costly, unnecessary and traumatic litigation.
Mediation procedures are voluntary, not mandatory, although they are required before resorting to court hearings. The object of these procedures is to bring both sides to understandings and agreements in all aspects of the dispute between them. Mediation can be helpful for any type of dispute within the family. Examples include disputes between family members (between siblings or parents and siblings) over inheritances, divorce proceedings, and issues of custody.
Mediation provides an alternative for settling disputes . We firmly believe that agreed mediation, in which all sides of a dispute willingly participate, not only enables an optimal solution for all sides – but makes this possible without destruction of the delicate and highly personal family relations that often takes place in court. As such, these procedures are both less damaging and enable a basis for future communication between the sides.   
Sides can choose to embark on mediation at any time; before initiating litigation as well as during litigation proceedings. These proceedings are entirely confidential – making it illegal to disclose whatever is said in court. The object of these proceedings is to enable the disputing sides to be entirely open with each other, without the fear that what is said could be used against them in later litigation, in the unfortunate cases where mediation fails and the sides ultimately find themselves in court. Upon successful conclusion of the mediation procedure, the courts will certify the agreements achieved. If agreement cannot be achieved, the sides are able to proceed with litigation, if they choose to do so.