Do common-law spouses have inheritance rights under Israeli law and are same sex couples treated the same as heterosexual ones ?
By: דיאנה שאלתיאל•Published on: 12 May, 2022Common law spouses have the same inheritance rights as married couples, subject to provisions of the Inheritance Act of 1965. Gradually courts have been interpreting this more broadly, and over recent years the inheritance rights of same sex common-law spouses have been recognized in estate cases.