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Q: What will be the weight of the testimony of a notary who drew up a will for a widowed mother, who disinherited some of her children from her estate?

By: דיאנה שאלתיאלPublished on: 27 October, 2025

A: In most cases, the Family Court will give great weight to the testimony of the notary, the will’s executor. In a Judgement dated 9.12.24, (Inheritance File 61436-07-20) the Ashdod Family Court, rejected two brothers’ objection to the execution of their mother’s will. The two brothers were disinherited from their mother’s estate, in favor of two other brothers. The court considered the testimony of the notary, who knew the deceased and her children, and even represented some of them in the past, and accepted his testimony, that this was the deceased mother’s wish. The Court stated that the notary also stated in his testimony the reason why the deceased chose to disinherit the brothers and bequeath her entire estate to the plaintiffs, in that the deceased believed that the plaintiffs’ situation justified financial assistance while the other two brothers were financially “settled.”


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