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Home / Can an ex-parte decision regarding dissolution of a foreign marriage be granted if a notice, ordered by an Israeli court, has been published in a newspaper in the country where the couple married , about the opening of divorce proceedings, but the respondent does not react ?

Can an ex-parte decision regarding dissolution of a foreign marriage be granted if a notice, ordered by an Israeli court, has been published in a newspaper in the country where the couple married , about the opening of divorce proceedings, but the respondent does not react ?

By: דיאנה שאלתיאלPublished on: 09 May, 2022

Not unless the plaintiff submits an opinion of a legal expert showing that grounds exist for divorce under the law of the country in which the couple were married.


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