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Under Israeli law what inheritance rights does a married person with children have if their spouse dies without having left a will ?

By: דיאנה שאלתיאלPublished on: 12 May, 2022
Under the Inheritance Act of 1965 if a couple are married and one of them dies without having made a will the other is entitled to the family car and the house contents. The rest of the estate (the family home and savings etc) is shared between the remaining spouse (who gets half) and the children (who get the other half between them). A common-law spouse has the same rights as a legally married spouse.

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