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Below are readers' questions about 'One Parent Families', which we have chosen to answer. Further and more detailed information on the subject can be found by running a search on our main website, Family Law in Israel , using keywords and also at:

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    • Can I still file a man I slept with only once for child maintenance even though I knowingly did not insist on contraception beca

    Yes – but only will only be entitled to get child maintenance if paternity is established. If you are a single mother you can file him for paternity and child maintenance at the family court, and it will order genetic testing if he disputes he is the father. Under Israeli law the obligation of a father to support a child is absolute,no matter whether the pregnancy was unintentional or related to lies , mistakes or promises concerning fertility and contraception.

    Can a welfare officer take a baby away from her 18 year old single mother because she does not have the means to support him?

    Only exceedingly  rarely ,in the most extreme cases, is a minor taken away from his/her parent, as a last resort, to make sure he is cared for and supervised, after he is declared to be 'a child in need' by the court. The fact that a single mother is of little means does not mean that she lacks parental ability. However, she may be a good mother but lack the financial means to take care of his physical needs, something which would justify him being placed with a foster family.

    What National Insurance benefits is a single mother who works full-time and owns a car entitled to?

    A school studies allowance towards schoolbooks and exercise books, for children aged 6-14,at the start of the school year.

    I am a single mother, and want to claim guaranteed income benefit from the National Insurance.

    Yes! One of the conditions requires that you are  not a car owner.

    What are the consequences for a single, one-parent mother that her child's biological father is not registered as such?

    On the hand she does not have to deal with visitation - because unless this man is registered as the father, he does not have rights to see the child On the other, she cannot file him for child maintenance unless he is registered as her child's father.