Ilan Yacobovitch - Family Law

Ilan Yacobovitch – Family Law, is an Israeli Family Law firm located in the heart of the Tel Aviv business center, providing a one-stop-shop legal practice in all aspects of family and inheritance law. Our firm specializes in unique international family law cases, such as claims for the return of abducted children according to The Hague Convention, paternity and child support claims against Israeli fathers, international divorce disputes of, international child custody and immigration disputes, cases involving assets located overseas, and more.

We provide a comprehensive service for non-Israeli clients in the English language, seeing our clients through the intricacies of the Israeli law and Court system. Our services range from the initial and ongoing legal counselling, through representation before all Israeli authorities and various Court tribunals (the civil Family Court, the Rabbinical Court and appellate instances – the District Courts and the Supreme Court), till a successful and satisfactory conclusion of the case, whether by a Court judgement or by settlement. 

The firm is headed by Adv. Ilan Yacobovitch, a bi-lingual Israeli lawyer with over 28 years of experience in all aspects of Israeli Family Law, and expertise in other related legal fields, including Civil-Commercial Law and Private International Law. 

Our core values are:
Professional Excellence | Personal Contact and Support | Integrity and Trustworthiness 

About Adv. Ilan Yacobovitch

With over 28 years of experience and accomplishments as a lawyer in the field of Family Law and Inheritance Law in Israel, Ilan has accumulated vast knowledge, experience and expertise in all aspects of Israeli Family Law, including divorce disputes, probate and inheritance disputes, business disputes between family members and more. Being bi-lingual, Ilan has a unique experience in representing overseas english speaking clients in cases of international characteristics – return of abducted children according to The Hague Convention, disputes regarding relocation and immigration of children, paternity and child support claims against Israeli fathers, international divorce disputes including the enforcement of foreign judgements in Israel, and more. Ilan works in close collaboration with overseas law firms, primarily in the United States and in the United Kingdom, in order to provide clients with the best possible service, taking all aspects of the international case in account. 

Our Services

• Representation in urgent cases of child abduction in Israel, according to the Hague Convention regarding the return of abducted children.
• Representation in both consensual and non-consensual paternity and subsequent child support claims in behalf of children of and Israeli father, where the mother and child reside outside of Israel.
• Representation in Divorce proceedings in Israel, including legal counselling, negotiation, drafting of various agreements, mediation, litigation in all instances and enforcement of judgements between different jurisdictions.
• Representation in cases of child immigration cases, where one of the parents is a foreign citizen, wishing to immigrate with the child to his/her country of origin.
• Representation in inheritance disputes and legal proceedings in Israel, including probate counselling and representation, drafting of wills, trusts and lasting power of attorney, etc.
• Drafting of prenuptial agreements, property agreements between common-law couples, divorce and/or rehabilitation of marriage agreements, parenting agreements, and more.
• Representation in business disputes between family members (in which the law in Israel grants the exclusive jurisdiction to the Family Court), including family-business (both corporations and partnerships) dissolution and various related claims.