A: Yes! If you prove that there was indeed a legal proceeding between the neighbor and your father, and that your father sued the neighbor and testified against her, in a way that refutes the provisions of the will, there is a good chance that the court will not take into account the provisions of the will, which preceded the legal proceeding that took place between them. In its decision, the court will consider additional circumstances, such as your father’s age, his health condition, etc. For example, the Family Court in Be’er Sheva on 1.7.24 gave a judgement in which he rejected a claim to probate a will in similar circumstances. It dealt with a 94-year-old deceased man who had made a will in which he disowned his children and bequeathed his apartment to his housekeeper. However, several years later, he took legal action against her (his housekeeper) to cancel a gift transaction regarding his apartment. As part of the proceedings at that time in court, the deceased testified that the housekeeper had taken advantage of him and exploited him and that he had not had any marital relationship with her. After his death, she sought to probate the deceased’s will, which was not revoked by him. The court rejected her claim. (Inheritance file 12529-04-21).