Law Offices of Edwin Freedman

.Although same sex marriaged cannot be legally performed in Israel, the courts will dissolve such relationships. This article examines the different approaches of the civil and rabbinical court

Marital Regime in Israel – published in French law journal with English translation

Summary of Divorce Law in Israel

Published : International Family Law, April, 2000,19-21

Edwin Freedman – 2002 The widespread use of random acts of terror in Israel which accompany the present Palestinian uprising, or intifada, have dramatically increased the use of the grave risk of physical harm defense provided by Article 13B of…

Edwin Freedman – 2003 Published : International Family Law, March 2000 Child Custody The married parties were parents of three children. The father filed for custody. The mother was in need of medical treatment but refused to comply. An attorney…

Edwin Freedman – 2007 Published : Speech delivered at IAML Conference, March 2007 I. Parental Rights 1. Both parents share joint decision making authority regarding their children’s place of residence. (Legal Capacity and Guardianship Law – 1961, Sec. 15). 2.…

RUTH EGLASH – 2008 Published : Jerusalem Post Under a Supreme Court decision reached this week, an eight-year-old boy who has been living in Israel for the past two years and is being raised by his mother in an ultra-Orthodox…

On 1 January 1974 a law went into effect in Israel which made the already complex divorce proceedings even more difficult. On 27 October 2008, the noisome conditions of that law were vitiated by an amendment to the law. In…