Yes , in certain circumstances. For example, the Tel Aviv District Court rejected an appeal by a father against a judgment ordering him to support his adult son during his army service. The father claimed that he should be exempt from paying maintenance because his son was “rebellious” and would not see him. Rejecting the argument, the District Court held that it was the father who had prevented contact. He divorced his wife during her pregnancy and had taken no steps to make contact with his son during his childhood, and had not filed for visitation. Responsibility for parent-child contact lies with the parent, and not the child, it held. It was not surprising, given the circumstances, that the son had not sought contact with his father after years of alienation. The father was obliged to make the first move, it was held.