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Can a parent legally prevent one of his children from inheriting from his estate after he dies?

Yes,under Israeli law it is legal for a person to make a will in which he expressly excludes one of his children  from the list of beneficiaries, or leaves him a symbolic bequest, even giving the reasons for doing so. If the will is  upheld and probate granted, after the testator's death, then that child will be disinherited or receive only the symbolic bequest, as instructed.The unfavoured child will however, have a right to object to the will being probated, in which case the Inheritance Registrar will transfer the proceedings to the family court, where they will be heard.