Family Law in Israel is a complicated area of law .
The complication is in the fact that the source of law may stem from religious law particularly in all matters regarding marriage and divorce or on secular law legislated by the Knesset particularly in financial relations between couples.
The matter is further complicated by the fact that two parallel court systems have jurisdiction the religious courts and the secular family courts.
The law which applies to the couple is the law of their personal status i.e. their religious status.This rule is a throwback to the days when Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire and each religious community had its own religious court and law. Today in Israel the secular Family affairs court is the primary body to adjucutate disputes between couples but it is also bound by religious principals in certain areas such as child support or maintenance that husband may owe his wife.
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Why is there discrimination against women in Rabbinical courts?
You write very well.
qqFamily Law in Israel marriage divorce custody child support, financial relations between spouses,wills and estates.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
The Right to Travel Abroad
Israeli basic law which has been held to be constitutional states that all persons in Israel may leave the country either permanently or for a trip abroad. In spite of the constitutional right to leave the country Israeli courts routinely issue orders to prohibit a person from going abroad. These orders are usually issued ex parte without a full hearing. The courts will issue such orders in order to insure that a parent usually a father will not leave Israel without providing guarantees that he will return, and continue to support his children and sometimes even his wife.
Family Law in Israel is a complicated area of law .
The complication is in the fact that the source of law may stem from religious law particularly in all matters regarding marriage and divorce or on secular law legislated by the Knesset particularly in financial relations between couples.
The matter is further complicated by the fact that two parallel court systems have jurisdiction the religious courts and the secular family courts.
The law which applies to the couple is the law of their personal status i.e. their religious status.This rule is a throwback to the days when Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire and each religious community had its own religious court and law. Today in Israel the secular Family affairs court is the primary body to adjucutate disputes between couples but it is also bound by religious principals in certain areas such as child support or maintenance that husband may owe his wife.
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