An ultra-Orthodox man, father of five minor children, two of whom are disabled, demanded 'alimony' from his wife for his children.
The Abraach claimed that the mother of his children earns 15,000 NIS per month from her job, while he himself is a Kollel Abraach who supports himself from a scholarship of 1,000 NIS per month.
During the proceedings in the Jerusalem Family Court, when evidence was presented of much higher income in his bank accounts, the beggar claimed that he was supported by charitable organizations and voluntary bodies.
However, if his children, represented by attorneys Nili Shatz and Saf Sharaf, presented to the court evidence of high income, a standard of living that included expenses averaging NIS 40,000 per month.
After it became clear that the father had three different permanent sources of income, the father claimed that his income amounted to 9,000 shekels per month.
The series of responses to the Havrach's claims taught that he leads a lifestyle that is not considered "modest," with flights and monthly transactions amounting to tens of thousands of shekels a month.
It was proven that the father took over the income from the joint rental of an apartment owned by both parties, after canceling the credit cards used for the family and household expenses, as well as the rent checks.
The children's mother went to work and earns 7,000 shekels a month. She moved to a smaller, cheaper apartment while taking out large loans from the bank and her relatives.
The father even filed a police complaint against the children's mother, rushing to send a letter to the Ministry of Health and report to them about the complaint he filed - in an attempt to damage the medical license held by the mother of his children.
The court determined that the father's income amounted to 50,000 shekels per month, and the mother's income amounted to 7,500 shekels until she was suspended from her job.
In the calculation the judges made, they concluded that after the father's expenses and his children's expenses, he was left with 30,000 shekels per month. Therefore, the judges ruled that the father must pay the mother of his children 9,000 shekels in child support for his children - in addition to the education and health expenses associated with raising their five children together.
The father was also ordered to pay court costs, and he is also required to pay the child support determined for the months prior to the ruling.
An appeal he filed was rejected in the district court. The father went to the Supreme Court to request permission to appeal the ruling, but the Supreme Court rejected his request: "The request should be rejected even without the need for a response -" since the case before the judges was not considered 'exceptional' in their view.
Attorneys Nili Shatz and Assaf Sharaf, who represented the mother, said: "We welcome the outcome and the fact that the malice was exposed and that justice was done. There are judges in Jerusalem.".
