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Law Firms - Family Law
Yakov Balas Law Office & Notary
Yakov Balas Law Office & Notary is a re-
nowned and leading boutique law firm
in the field of family law offering a broad
range of legal services in divorce, drafting divorce
agreements, prenuptial agreements, visiting
rights, alimony, dividing property, common law
spouses etc. The firm offers end-to-end solutions
from routine legal support, drafting agreements
and submitting opinions, to skilled litigation in all
courts including rabbinical courts, family courts,
district courts, and the Supreme Court.
Yakov Balas has many years of experience in suc-
cessfully managing thousands of divorce and
family law cases and major and breakthrough
achievements on which rulings are based today.
Yakov Balas strives for maximum personal in-
volvement in all aspects of cases he conducts by
deeply investigating details of the case, precisely
analyzing evidence, and building a strategy suc-
cessfully supporting the claims in every possible
scenario.
As a rule, the firm strives for agreements to the
client’s satisfaction although when necessary, it
works determinedly in the courts to obtain the
optimal results possible. Yakov Balas supports
clients through a personal, empathetic and avail-
able approach involving the client in each stage of
the process from taking decisions to implement-
ing them.
Adv. Yakov Balas
LL.B. Tel Aviv University, qualified as a lawyer
in 1996. Expert in planning divorce strategies.
Responsible for several family law legal break-
throughs including the “Ben-Ami ruling” “apart-
ment ruling” and “support for a rebellious child”
(father’s not an ATM). Impressive record as a legal
commentator on TV, mainly Channel 2.
Practice Areas
Divorce
Yakov Balas provides legal services in divorce, ap-
pearing in rabbinical courts. He accompanies the
client with sympathetic support, step by step, in
this sensitive, tense filled period.
Yakov Balas assists in situations before notifica-
tion of the intention to divorce and directs clients
to the best results, forming the right strategy and
swiftly gathering evidence and investigative ma-
terials, mainly due to the race for authority to give
authority to the rabbinical court or family court.
Yakov Balas then assists in court proceedings as
a professional mentor skilled in implementing
these proceedings. In situations where children
are involved in the divorce proceedings, Yakov
Balas sees the good of the children at the heart of
decisionmaking and strives to end negotiations as
quickly as possible and obtain the best conditions
for them without involving them in proceedings.
The firm’s services in divorce law include appear-
ing in the rabbinical court, family court, and ap-
peal courts, in aspects of child support and wife
support, custody of children, cheating, dissolution
of marriage, refusal to grant a divorce, abandoned
wives (agunot), drafting divorce, prenuptial and
marriage agreements, and arrangements for di-
viding property.
Family Law
Yakov Balas has the experience and reputation
as one of Israel’s outstanding family law lawyers,
specializing in supporting and representing cli-
ents in genealogy, marriage, divorce, parenthood,
inheritances, wills etc. consultancy services are
rendered in a range of instances including adop-
tion and custodianship, common law spouses,
domestic violence, orders to execute wills, con-
testing heirs and drafting wills. Yakov Balas is
a professional address supporting clients in all
stages of proceedings, personally adapted to each
client’s unique needs.
Alimony
Yakov Balas is skilled in representing clients in
support that serves the basic needs of children.
The firm specializes in managing the different
types of alimony including calculating support,
increasing or reducing support, joint custody
and support, collecting support and alimony for
wives.
In the field of alimony, Yakov Balas has achieved
several major breakthrough, precedent- setting
rulings:
Minors support ruling (2015) “Father’s not an
ATM” – for a child refusing tomeet his father. This
ruling set that a father is not obligated to pay the
full amount of child support to his ex-wife, and the
sum remaining will be kept in trust until the child
agrees to meet his father.
Minimum support (Ben-Ami ruling) – In a prec-
edent District Court ruling achieved by Yakov Ba-
las, minimummonthly child support is NIS 1,250,
which must be paid even if the father does not
earn enough. The Ben-Ami ruling has had sub-
stantial impact on many legal discussions about
calculating support and provides a minimum
threshold governing a minor.
Drawing up Agreements
Yakov Balas Law Firmprovides services for drawing
up a range of agreements including prenuptial,
family reconciliation, division of property, visit-
ing rights, and life partnership agreements and
more.
Yakov Balas applies knowhow and skill in his ac-
quaintance of the various rulings pertaining to
each field and draws up the best agreement for
each client while strvinig to reach a compromise
by both sides.
Yakov Balas achieved a precedent-setting ruling in
the Supreme Court for dividing property in which
an apartment owned by the husband before the
marriage will be equally divided between the par-
ties, contrary to what is stated in the Financial
Relations Law.
Yakov Balas Law Firm claimed that although the
apartment was not registered in the woman’s
name (represented by the firm), her contribution
to the home during the period of the marriage,
when it was her home and she raised the children,
entitled her to a percentage of the ownership. This
ruling was upheld, despite the appeal lodged by
the husband, which was entirely dismissed by
the court.
Esta b l i s h e d
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L i n e o f B u s i n ess
Legal services in the field of family law
and divorce
13 Menachem Ussishkin St., Holon
Tel: 972-3-6521605
Fax: 972-3-6521604
Adv. Yakov Balas
Founding Partner *
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