Copied from Nevo6. Family Court Law - Unlike a law Prenuptial Relations, Section 1(2) Law The Family Court defines the term "family member" to include "his spouse, including the common-law spouse as his wife." For our purposes, it is important To the section 3(III) Law Family Court which regulates the issue of approving agreements that revolve around matters under its jurisdiction. This is what he says:
"Any matter in respect of which the Family Court has jurisdiction under this Law, including the approval of an agreement in connection therewith, even if there is no pending action in respect of it at that time, and the court shall be entitled to give the agreement the validity of a judgment."
Subsequently, Regulation 43(A) For the Regulations Family Court (Procedures), 588"A-2020 (Hereinafter: Family Court Regulations) states as follows:
"If a claim for approval of an agreement or for a change in an agreement in family matters is filed under section 3(c) of the Law, the court shall explain to the parties, before approving the agreement, the meaning of the provisions of the agreement, and shall clarify that they understand its provisions and its results and prepared it with free consent; If the agreement is in the case of a minor, the court will approve it after it has found that the agreement is for the benefit of the minor."
- In the judgment given by the Authority Civil Appeal 6854/00 Attorney General v. Zemer, IsrSC 57(5) 491 (2003) (hereinafter: the Singer) This court recognized the possibility of giving effect to an agreement between common-law spouses by virtue of the Section 3(III) Law Family Court. With regard to the question of the validity of such an agreement, the judgment stated:
"Although the validity of such an agreement - and consequently also the ability to override the rule of sharing - does not depend on the approval of the agreement by the court, the parties may have an interest in the agreement they have reached being approved by a judicial body. This may contribute to the binding force of the agreement, reduce the ability to cancel it due to defects in the conclusion, and reduce the risk that one of the parties will be disadvantaged..." (ibid., at pp. 498-499).