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Violence
Below are selected readers' questions on 'Violence' ,that we have chosen to answer. Further and more detailed information can be found on our main website, Family Law in Israel , at:
- My husband is violent and I am frightened because he works as a security guard and brings his revolver home. Can I do anything t
- Can a child who suffered at the hands of an abusive father bring legal action to get compensation from him ?
- What can I do to protect myself from my daughter, who is in her early 20's and from my first marriage, who lives at home , but s
- What is the most an adult family member can be sent to jail for, if he is convicted of sexually assaulting a minor ?
- Can a wife apply to the family court to protect her from her violent husband if she has already filed him for divorce at the rab
- What can be done to protect a woman who moved out of the family home because of her partner's violence, and wants to move back i
- What can happen to a man who breaks an order that forbids him from entering the family home ?
- Can a man whose ex-girlfriend sends him sms messages, faxes and phones him constantly, get an order to protect him from her beha
- Can a violent father be sent to jail for physically abusing his children ?
- Will the fact that my wife agreed and even begged me to come back home after getting an order banning me from setting foot insid
- Can I bring action to get an order to protect my younger brother and sisters from my father, who gets drunk and is violent towar
- Can an order be obtained to protect children from a violent father ?
- How can a wife and mother get an order to protect her and her children from violence at the hands of her husband ?
- I have been banned from entering the family home by court order. How can I see my children without breaking the order?
- My ex-boyfriend , whom I used to live with, keeps threatening me. Can I get legal protection now that we do not live together ?
- Can a woman who is separated from her husband get protection from his physical and verbal violence ?
- Can I get an order to protect me from bullying, shouting and torment that I suffer at the hands of my husband?
- My wife lied to the police that I had been physically violent to her because she got frightened when we argued, though I just t
- My son-in-law is physically violent to my daughter but she is reticent to take action. Can I, as her father, start legal proceed
- My wife filed false complaints to the police about my alleged violence, as part of her divorce strategy. As a result I was held
- Can a woman who files a complaint with the police against her husband's one-off violent act, and then reconciles with him and wi
Yes, you can apply for a protection order either makes him deposit the weapon with his employer, at the end of each working day.
Yes, an action for civil damages can be filed by a child against an abusive father at the family court, but its chances of success will depend largely upon proving the abuse, the damage suffered , and the causative connection between the two.
You can apply to the family court for a tailor-made order preventing her from entering the family home, or coming within the vicinity of it, and/or from harrassing you anywhere and in any way.
Twenty years - following an amendment to the law in 2002.
Yes, and it can be granted, if she persuades the court about his violence, or the substantial risk of it, under the 1991 Prevention of Violence in the Family Act. She , must take care not to phrase her application in terminology more applicable to rabbinical court proceedings such as a plea for 'peaceful accommodation.'
She can get a protection order based on alleged violence, or substantial risk of violence, if she files for it close to the time of her return.
He can be arrested.
Yes ! An order can be given that will protect him by forbidding her to harass him anywhere and in any way.
Yes, but the physical violence must be substantial, and not a one-off event.
No!
Yes – an elder sibling can bring action to protect a minor against violence from another family member.
Yes!
By applying for a protection order at the family court, under the 1991 Prevention of Violence Within the Family Act
By arranging for a third party, such as one of your relatives, to collect and return your children from the family home. You can see them this way – outside the family home – and without breaching the order.
Yes, the law protecting family members applies to former couples, too, whether they were married or unmarried.
Can a woman who is separated from her husband get protection from his physical and verbal violence ?
Yes! A woman is entitled to protection from her husband whether she lives with him or not- and even after they divorce, under the Prevention of Violence Within the Family Act of 1991.
Yes, a woman can get an order to protect her from verbal and emotional violence by her husband or common-law partner, if the abuse is substantial and was not an isolated incident. Usually evidence in the form of recordings or witnesses is required.
Possibly – as it is a criminal offence to give false information and file a false complaint.
Yes! The Prevention of Violence Within the Family Act of 1991 allows one family member to seek a protection order for another. You will need to give a detailed affidavit concerning his violence and attach any supporting documentation such as complaints to the police, or to her doctor, or medical reports from the hospital casualty department.
You cannot take her right to file further complaints against you, even if they are false or unjustified, but you can take an advantage of a mechanism in the 1991 Prevention of Violence Within the Family Act allowing you to seek financial compensation from her...
No ! Once a woman files a complaint for domestic violence with the police, it is no longer in her hands, even if she approaches them again and withdraws it, after reconciling with her wife. Once the process is started, the decision about whether to prosecute is not in her control, and the State Attorney and the police together decide whether to prosecute, on the basis of the severity of the alleged offence. A judge has discretion to prosecute, even against the wife's wishes.
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