My ‘ex’ is serving a long prison sentence . I object to him seeing our child in prison because I am frightened that it will expose her to psychological danger. Her father comes from a well-known underworld family . Her father has threatened legal action if I refuse to bring our daughter to see him in jail. If I refuse, am I likely to succeed in the long run in keeping her away?
By: דיאנה שאלתיאל•Published on: 02 June, 2022No. Tel Aviv Family Court overruled objections given by a mother and ex-wife to a plea for visitation filed by the father regarding their year old baby. The mother argued that taking the baby to see his father in jail would put him at physical risk as both his father and uncle were in jail and ‘on the books’ of rival underworld gangs who wished to ‘settle scores’. The court rejected this argument, and said that heightened security at the prison would put the minor at less physical risk than if visitation were exercised outside. She held that a social worker would set visitation , at the prison if the mother were willing to take the baby there, or at a communication centre or at the mother’s home to coincide with the prisoner’s leave.