Q: Am I allowed to withdraw the consent I gave to my son, to gift him my apartment, when the apartment has not yet been registered in his name, the reason is my son’s bad behavior towards me?
By: דיאנה שאלתיאל•Published on: 29 October, 2025A: Yes! But only if you succeed to prove in court that indeed there was a disgraceful behavior on the part of the son. This was determined in a judgement from 23.6.2024 given at the Family Court in Petah Tikva, (Family File 56424-03-18), where a mother’s claim to cancel a gift to her son, was rejected. In the above case, gift affidavits were signed by the parties, and a warning note was even registered in favor of the son at the Land Registry, but the rights to the apartment had not yet been registered in the son’s name. The mother argued in support of her claim to cancel the gift that the son was treating her in a disgraceful manner, and that the apartment was gifted to him for tax reasons. The court, there, found that there was a contradiction in her claims, and dismissed the claim. The Court found that the mother was unable to prove the existence of the conditions justifying her withdrawal from her written commitment to give the gift, and that it was a gift given with full discretion and full intent.