Israel
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Inheritance Law 1965, religious court jurisdiction, mutual wills, inheritance tax (abolished/reinstated)
Israeli succession rules: parallel court systems (civil family court, rabbinical, sharia, druze), Inheritance Law 1965 process types, religious authority orders, kibbutz/moshav communal property, and Holocaust restitution assets.
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Extension Fields
| Field | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| holocaustRestitution | object | Holocaust restitution assets — property or claims arising from Nazi persecution and subsequent restitution programmes. Israel has a significant number of estates involving Holocaust-era assets due to its founding population. | |
| inheritanceLaw1965 | object | Details of the succession process under the Inheritance Law 1965 (Chok HaYerusha). The law provides two tracks: tzevu kiyum (probate order for wills) and tzevu yerusha (succession order for intestate estates). | |
| kibbutzProperty | object | Communal or cooperative property held through a kibbutz or moshav. These structures create special succession rules as membership rights, housing allocations, and production quotas may not be freely transferable. | |
| notes | string | ||
| parallelCourtSystems | object | The adjudicating court system handling this succession matter. Israel operates parallel civil and religious court systems, each with jurisdiction over different communities and matter types. | |
| religiousAuthorityOrder | object | An order or ruling issued by a religious court with jurisdiction over this succession matter. Applicable where a religious court has issued a binding ruling recognised under Israeli law. |
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Subject: Jurisdiction Enquiry — Israel