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I live abroad, though i was once resident in israel. If I come to visit my children, could my wife get an order stopping me leaving the country, as she threatens?

In theory, this should be unlikely as the Supreme Court has held that the constitutional right of freedom of movement can only be restricted regarding foreign residents, whose centre of life and source of income is abroad, in the most extreme cases. In practice, however, if you owe child maintenance, it may be possible for the mother to manipulate the system, open a file at the bailiff's, giving your Israeli I.D.Card, and conceal the fact that you live abroad, and apply and get such an order, within the framework of proceedings to recover the child maintenance debt.