The purpose of the law is to help couples resolve family disputes between them by agreement and peacefully and to reduce the need for legal proceedings, taking into account all aspects related to the dispute and the best interests of each child.
The law imposes an obligation on parties who wish to file a lawsuit in a family dispute to first file a request for dispute resolution and participate in an information, familiarization, and coordination meeting (hereinafter: MIS meetings) at the assistance unit next to the judicial instance, at which the parties will be offered to try to resolve the dispute between them by agreement, including through mediation. Only if the attempt to resolve the dispute was unsuccessful, or if there are remaining matters for which no agreement was reached, will the party who filed the request for dispute resolution be entitled to file a lawsuit within a specified period to any competent judicial instance. If he does not do so within the time period allotted by law, the other party will also be entitled to file the lawsuit to any judicial instance of his choice.
The law applies to claims between spouses, between parents or between parents of their children, who are required to first file a request for dispute resolution, in any of the following matters:
1. Marriage and divorce matters;
2. Financial relations between spouses, including a financial or property claim arising from the relationship between the spouses;
3. Alimony or alimony of a spouse or child;
4. Any matter concerning a child or children under the Legal Training and Guardianship Law, 1962;
5. Fatherhood or motherhood regarding a girl or boy.
It should be said right away that even if proceedings are already underway between the parties, and one of them wishes to file a new lawsuit on one of the issues listed above, he is still obligated to first file a request for dispute resolution.
It is worth saying that each party has the right to consult with a family lawyer or Divorce attorney In order to receive all rights granted by law and to arrive prepared for the meeting with the rights and obligations of each party to the proceedings.
You can call for a free consultation to be prepared before the meeting at 077-997-4020.
When a request for dispute resolution is submitted, the parties are invited to the assistance unit next to the judicial instance for four MOH meetings. However, the assistance unit may hold a smaller number of meetings according to its professional discretion. All MOH meetings must take place within 45 days of the date of submission of the request, with the assistance unit being authorized to extend the period.
At the end of the last meeting of the MHW, and based on the assistance unit’s acquaintance with the parties, the assistance unit recommends to the parties the appropriate procedure in its opinion for resolving the conflict between them, including through counseling, mediation, cooperative divorce, or family or couple therapy. In special cases, the assistance unit may also offer to assist the parties in resolving the conflict itself. At the end of ten days from the date of the last meeting of the MHW, each party is required to notify the assistance unit whether they wish to continue with an alternative procedure for resolving the conflict.
The meetings include; providing information about the legal procedures for family disputes and the consequences of divorce, providing information to the parties about the ways available to help them resolve the dispute amicably and peacefully, getting to know the parties in order to assess their needs and desires, and with regard to their children – their best interests, helping them examine ways and services that may contribute to resolving the dispute between them amicably, and establishing temporary arrangements by agreement regarding alimony or child custody and contact arrangements.
Failure to appear at a meeting: The judicial body may, at the request of a party who appeared at the meetings of the Board of Directors, impose costs on the party who did not appear, extend the period of suspension of proceedings, and also strike out the application or claim filed by the party who did not appear.
