Israeli family court breaks new ground in paternity law
Follow Jan. 14, 2021 For the first time in Israel, a court has retroactively recognized a man as the father of a child after the man died, even though the baby was not his biological child and he did not officially marry the baby’s biological mother. Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit had opposed declaring the man as the father, saying there was no basis for it in Israeli law. After the court sought to find a legal basis for such an order, however, Mendelblit withdrew his objection. Will Bibi's charm offensive of Israeli Arabs keep him in power? LISTEN to Election Overdose Podcast
Source: haaretz.com