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For families – all the articles.
Articles for families, arranged by situation: planning for a child with a disability, parents arranging their affairs in advance, a second marriage, family members in Israel and abroad, making a will, and the steps after a death.
Article list
A child with a disability
Service pagePlanning the future of a child with a disability- A trust for a child with a disability – how it works in IsraelHow a trust for a child with a disability works under Israel's Trust Law: created by will or during lifetime, who can act as trustee, and what the trust deed sets out.November 4, 2026
- Turning 18: guardianship, supported decision-making or a lasting power of attorneyWhat changes when a child with a disability turns 18 in Israel: guardianship, a decision-making supporter or a lasting power of attorney – what the Legal Capacity and Guardianship Law provides, and the young person's own role.November 4, 2026
Parents planning ahead
Service pageLasting power of attorney and advance directives- Advance directives in Israel – what you can decide in advance, and how it fits with a lasting power of attorneyAdvance directives in an Israeli lasting power of attorney, directives for a guardian and a statement of wishes: what they cover and how binding they are.November 4, 2026
- Add your son or daughter as joint holder of your parents’ bank account? Five reasons not to – and what to do insteadAdding a child to the account is a transfer of ownership, not a grant of authority: the presumption of half-ownership, the child’s creditors, the child’s divorce, the siblings’ dispute after death and the parent’s loss of control – per Israeli case law. Instead: a bank power of attorney now, a lasting power of attorney for loss of capacity, and a will.October 13, 2026
A second marriage
Service pageSecond marriages and blended families- A prenuptial agreement in a second marriage – what it solves and what it doesn'tWhat a prenuptial agreement in a second marriage can provide under Israel's Property Relations Law, what it cannot do under the Succession Law, and how it fits with wills.November 4, 2026
- The family home after a death in a second marriage – who lives there, who owns it, and what can be arranged in advanceWho stays in the home and who it passes to when a spouse dies in a second marriage in Israel: the Succession Law, the balancing of resources, and what a prenuptial agreement or wills can provide.November 4, 2026
Families in Israel and abroad
Service pageFamilies in Israel and abroad- An Israeli lasting power of attorney when the children live abroad – who can act, how they sign from there, and what the bank will askWho is eligible, one attorney or several, replacement and "informed person", the child's signature from abroad by video conference, why there is no deposit deadline, what happens when the parent is domiciled abroad – and the table of powers the bank will check.October 6, 2026
- Is a US durable power of attorney valid in Israel?While the parent is competent – yes, subject to authentication (Israeli consul, or notary plus apostille); after loss of capacity – no, not without a Family Court proceeding. Section 14 of the Agency Law, section 20 of the Notaries Law, the ten-year registration bar, and what to do instead.October 6, 2026
- An Israeli will alongside a foreign will – governing law, form, and when one will revokes the otherThe law of domicile at death (section 137), formal validity under section 140 and the 1961 Hague Convention, revocation of an earlier will (section 36), and a foreign probate order in place of the original (section 68(b)).October 22, 2026
- Do heirs living abroad have to come to Israel? An Israeli succession or probate order from abroad, step by stepNo. Online filing by an Israeli lawyer, signing before a consul or a notary with an apostille, notice to the other heirs rather than consent, a foreign probate order in place of the original will (section 68(b), since 2023), the 14-day objection window – and where the “45 days” comes from.October 15, 2026
Making a will
Service pageMaking a will in Israel – wills before witnesses, mutual wills, and wills alongside a foreign will- The four forms of an Israeli will – what each requires, and what invalidates a willHandwritten, witnessed, before an authority and oral wills under sections 18–23 of the Succession Law; who may not witness, gifts to a witness or the drafter (section 35), and when a will with a formal defect can be upheld (section 25).October 22, 2026
- Mutual wills in Israel – what section 8A permits, and when they can be revokedWritten notice while both spouses are alive, renunciation or restitution after one dies, what the wills may provide, wills made before Amendment No. 12, and “heir after heir” (section 42).October 22, 2026
- Depositing, changing and revoking a will in IsraelDeposit in person or remotely, the 2026 fee and exemption, taking the will back, what happens after death, and revoking or changing a will under section 36.October 22, 2026
After a death
- After a death in Israel – succession order, probate order, or no order at all?A decision guide by situation: when a succession order, when probate, when money is paid with no order, and when the Family Court rather than the Registrar. 2026 fees, timelines, and what to file.September 6, 2026
- An Israeli bank account after death – what the bank does, what heirs may do before an order, and how the money is releasedBank of Israel Directive 443, "last respects" expenses, what a survivorship clause really gives, releasing the funds after the order – from abroad too – and a comparison of the four largest banks.September 5, 2026
- Provident funds, pension funds and life insurance of a deceased person in Israel – who the money belongs to, and what the will cannot changeSection 147 of the Succession Law, four products and four rules of entitlement, the will versus the beneficiary form, the small-balance shortcut, locating the funds, the tax – and what beneficiaries abroad need to send.September 6, 2026
- The survivorship clause in an Israeli joint bank account – what it is, what it is not, and what to do after a deathThe clause lets the surviving holder keep the account running – but it is not a will, confers no ownership and does not replace an order. What is allowed, what the bank will stop, and what happens without it.September 6, 2026
- Why an Israeli probate file goes to the Family Court – and why it stallsSection 67A after Amendment 18: a foreign-domiciled deceased, a defective will and an oral will no longer send a file to court. What still does; what sends it to the Attorney General’s representative instead (regulation 54) and why that is where files stall; the clocks table; and how to read a silent file.October 15, 2026
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