Amihoud Borochov
Law Office Firm

Yes! A few years ago The Rishon LeZion Family Court ordered the return of young brothers, to Holland, even though the mother had claimed that their father was a danger to them, physically, and that they were afraid of him. Reports by the court assistance unit during supervised and observed visitation between the father (represented by our legal practice) and the children plus a psychological report, from an expert appointed by the court which included observation of their interaction, revealed that the mother’s claims were completely false. The reunion and interaction between the father and his children was described as positive , warm, and fear-free, despite many months without contact, since the abduction

Yes. While the court has discretion regarding costs it is likely that in a paternity case where the biological father could be one of many men , the court may well order the plaintiff to pay the defendant’s costs where genetic testing has proved that he cannot be the child’s parent. This was so in a Kfar Saba family court case in May 2002 where the plaintiff worked as a call girl with a sizeable clientele of men with whom she had sex with for money. The defendant was a married man. Two paternity tests proved that he could not be the child’s biological father. The court rejected the plaintiff’s plea for a declaratory judgment declaring him to be the father and ordering him to support the child, ordering her to pay his costs. It held that the costs order was designed to prevent the defendant, who won the case, losing out financially – but it was not designed to compensate him for the emotional suffering and humiliation he says he endured.