Complimentary E-Books from Hait Family Law
Complimentary Divorce E-Books
Everything Anglo Jewish Women Need to Know About Divorce in Israel
If you are a woman considering divorce, or if your husband has begun the divorce process, you don’t have to go through it alone. Help, guidance and information is available to you in this valuable guide, to be empowered to move forward with confidence.
Read: Everything Anglo Jewish Women Need to Know (pdf)
Everything Anglo Jewish Men Need to Know About Divorce in Israel
If you are a man considering divorce, or if your wife has started the divorce process, the most important thing for you to do first is understand the laws and procedures that govern divorce in Israel. Then you will be able to responsibly plan for your future.
Read: Everything Anglo Jewish Men Need to Know (pdf)
18 Questions That You Have to Consider Before Hiring a Divorce Attorney
Choosing a divorce lawyer can be a daunting task. You are about to embark on an unfamiliar and uncomfortable journey. If you are not an Israeli native, this journey is compounded by a complicated legal system conducted in a foreign language. To make things worse, you have to do this while you are in the grip of extreme emotional turmoil.
Guiding you through this dramatic life experience should be a lawyer that you can trust completely and with whom you can establish a long term, close working relationship.
Asking any potential attorney the questions in this guide, will help you protect yourself by carefully considering the answers before making your decision and committing to payment arrangements.
Read: 18 Questions That You Have to Consider (pdf)
Six Steps to a Happier Future – A guide for couples in Israel, who want to get divorced via a divorce agreement
The best thing any couple can do when deciding to get divorced is to reach a formal agreement without litigation in court. A direct negotiation (with the benefit of a mediator) results in a more stable and fair agreement. It’s less costly, there is less emotional damage to the children, is adhered to more often and is less likely to result in future litigation.
Read: 6 Steps for a Happier Future (pdf)
Diary for the Preparation/ Evaluation of Divorce
When you’ve come to the point where you are seriously considering divorce, even if you expect it to be settled amicably out of court, keeping a divorce evaluation/preparation diary will help you be better prepared and ease your path considerably. Because knowledge is power and if you are considering divorce it’s important that the power be in your hands.
The Diary will help you:
- Gather and organize personal information about yourself and your family.
- Track all your financial information.
- Record upsetting events between you and your spouse or your spouse and your kids, even before you file for divorce.
- Collect more details to be used if and after legal proceedings have begun.
Read: Diary for the Preparation/ Evaluation (pdf)
Pre and Post Divorce Household Budget Calculator Spreadsheet
Keeping track of your expenditures is excellent information to utilize through your divorce negotiations and to help you plan for your financial future.
Pre & Post Divorce Household Budget.
DOWNLOAD: Pre and Post Divorce Household Budget (Excel spreadsheet)
Divorce Evaluation Package
This package is designed for those who have decided they want a divorce and are ready to move forward. It includes:
- Ten Commandments for People Considering Divorce,
- 18 Questions That You Have to Consider Before Hiring a Divorce Attorney
- Diary for the Preparation/ Evaluation of Divorce
- Household Budget Calculator Spreadsheet.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or would like to arrange for a complimentary case evaluation.
DOWNLOAD: Divorce Evaluation Package
The 10 Commandments for People Considering Divorce
From the time you first think about divorce until you begin the divorce
process, a period of time passes in which most people unknowingly make many mistakes which can heavily influence the outcome of their divorce.
That’s why it’s important for you to read, learn, and put into practice the “Ten Commandments For People Considering Divorce”, so you can avoid the common pitfalls of divorcing couples.
Following this guide will help you have a calmer and more amicable divorce so both of you are able to move on with your lives.
The 10 Steps you Should be Taking Now, If You’re Considering Getting Divorced in the Next Year
It’s a sad fact that you didn’t plan to be where you are today, considering divorce. Dividing a household financially is difficult at best and debilitating at worst. Add to that the fact that you and your spouse’s disparate feelings about money may very well be a contributing factor to your desire for divorce, and you have a potentially volatile situation.
Here are 10 steps you should be taking long before you ever file for divorce or file a motion to settle differences with your spouse, in order to ensure that you get the best financial results you are legally entitled to.
Read:The 10-Steps You Should Be Taking NOW (pdf)
Utilizing The Hague Convention for the Return of Children
Read:Utilizing The Hague Convention for the Return of Children (pdf)
Complementary Prenup E-Book
The Prenup – Why it’s the most significant contract of your life
Mazel Tov! You’re engaged! The search for your soulmate is over. You and your fiancé are flying high on love, trust and the promise of your shared future. Signing a prenup means you’ve decided to face the most challenging parts of life, together.
Read: The Prenup – The most significant contract of your life (pdf)
Free Elder Law Books
A Guide to your Golden Years in Israel
As a retiree in Israel you are entitled to many government discounts and rights and many businesses and non-governmental entities offer discounts as well. Since there is no umbrella organization that provides that information, if you didn’t grow up in Israel or raise a family in Israel, you may be unaware of the benefits for retirees.
This free guide informs you of many of the advantages to being retired that will help enhance your lifestyle during your senior years in Israel.
Read: A Guide to your Golden Years (pdf)
Aging With Dignity – An Overview of Israel’s Continuing Power of Attorney
Israel’s seniors and their families are disproportionately involved in legal battles regarding guardianship compared with countries with a much larger elderly population.
Most of these cases involve a senior with dementia or other diminished mental capacity.
The cases are opened because a senior’s family and doctors can’t agree on what type of care he or she would have wanted had they been mentally cognizant.
In this short guide, attorney Jay Hait looks at the legal tool that Israel recently enacted which enables any senior to maintain their dignity by empowering them to make decisions about how they want to be cared for when they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves.
Read: Aging with Dignity (pdf)
When Your Children Get Divorced – A Handbook for Grandparents
If your kids are getting divorced you’re facing challenges you never expected. And your role as a grandparent may become even more important to the stability of your grandchildren.
This free handbook is full of encouragement, wisdom and advice from grandparents whose children have gone through this unfortunate situation.
Read: When Your Children Get Divorced (pdf)