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My partner and I are Lesbians. I gave birth to a child using a sperm donor and we raise him together, according to an agreement we made. I have recently be diagnosed with cancer. Is there any way that I can be assured that my partner will be able to legally raise the child , should I not succeed in my fight against the disease, and die?

Yes, providing the sperm was from an anonymous donor ,you can either apply to adopt the child, or become an additional guardian. There is now no automatic  legal bar in Israel preventing partners in single-sex relationships from becoming adoptive parents or additional guardians of their partner's child. However, the adoption or guardianship order will only be granted to a partner in a single-sex relationship if the court considers that it is in the child's good, given all the circumstances.