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Law for the Regulation of Litigation between Spouses, 5729-1969

חוק להסדר התדיינות בין בני-זוג, תשכ"ט-1969

Published: 1969-07-03Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2026-06-29 · Last amended 2010-12-09✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-14
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Restrictions on Litigation§

1.
(a)Where a person has filed against his spouse a complaint or a civil action, whether the cause of action arose before their marriage or during the period of their marriage, the court may, by a reasoned decision, stay the commencement or continuation of the proceedings in the complaint or the action if it sees fit to do so for one of the following reasons:
(1)another competent court or a competent tribunal is, at that time, engaged, pursuant to a claim or application filed prior to the filing of the complaint or the civil action as aforesaid, in restoring domestic peace between the spouses;
(2)the court is of the opinion that the interest of the complainant or the plaintiff in the conduct or continuation of the proceedings is not commensurate with the harm to domestic peace likely to result from the conduct or continuation of the proceedings at that time.
(b)A stay under subsection (a) shall be for such period as the court shall determine in its decision, not exceeding three months; the court may, by a reasoned decision, extend the stay from time to time for such additional period as it shall determine, and may at any time cancel the stay whenever it sees fit to do so.
(c)Where the court has stayed the proceedings as referred to in subsection (a)(2), it may direct a social worker appointed under the Welfare Law (Procedure in Matters of Minors, Mentally Ill Persons and Absentees), 5715-1955, or another person who has consented thereto, to mediate between the spouses in the matter that is the subject of the complaint or the action.

Savings Provisions§

2.

This Law does not derogate from the provisions of the Rabbinical Courts Jurisdiction (Marriage and Divorce) Law, 5713-1953, or from any power of a court under law.

Amendment of the Civil Wrongs Ordinance§

3.

In Section 18 of the Civil Wrongs Ordinance [New Version], subsection (a) is repealed, and subsection (b) shall be designated as Section 18.

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