Application for Appointment of a Guardian for Adults

This service is intended for those who wish to be appointed as guardians for adults who are unable to manage their medical, personal, property-related, or other affairs, either in part or in full.

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  • An application for the appointment of a guardian for adults is filed with  the Family Court, for the purpose of obtaining an order that will allow the applicants to be responsible for the medical, personal, or property matters, or any other matter, or combination thereof, of adults who are unable to manage these matters on their own.
  • An application may be filed for the appointment of a permanent guardian or a temporary guardian, or both.
  • Applicants seeking appointment as a guardian in cases of urgent medical intervention shall complete an application for the appointment of a guardian for bodily matters – urgent medical intervention.
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The application may be submitted by:

  • The spouse or relatives of the adult, or their legal representative.
  • A corporation, or its legal representative.
  • The Attorney General, or his or her legal representative.
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All documents that may support the application must be attached, including a medical summary attesting to the mental or physical condition of the person for whom a guardian is requested, signed by the person who prepared it.

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  • An application form must be completed and submitted, together with an affidavit attached (Hebrew) for verification of the facts contained therein.
    • In the application form, the requested appointment must be marked: for medical matters, or personal matters, or property matters, or another matter, or a combination thereof.
    • Only one copy of the application is required to be submitted. If you wish to keep a copy bearing the court’s receipt stamp, an additional copy must be submitted, which will be returned to you as it is signed.
    • The affidavit attached to the form may be completed, or another affidavit form may be used.
    • The affidavit may be completed in court or before an attorney.
    • The affidavit may be signed at any Family Court or Magistrates’ Court.
    • A driver’s license may not be used for identity verification. Only a valid identity card or passport may be used.
    • With respect to the remaining appendices to the application – the original documents must not be submitted unless a judge so requires.
  • The applicants must specify in the application:
  • The name and identification number of the person for whom appointment of a guardian is requested, and their contact details.
  • The names of the person’s first-degree family members and their contact details, if known to the applicants. The nature of the relationship must be specified, as well as their position regarding the application submitted on the person’s behalf, if such position can be ascertained with reasonable effort.
  • The reasons for which the appointment of a guardian is requested, with reference to the matters sought to be given to the guardian and the requested duration of the appointment.
  • The position of the person for whom appointment of a guardian is requested. If it is not possible to ascertain their position, the reason for this must be stated.
  • If the judge has requested a consent form from family members, the consent form (Hebrew) may be used.
  • In an application for the appointment of a guardian for property matters, the applicants shall specify all information known to them at the time of submission regarding the liabilities and rights in the property of the person for whom a guardian is requested, including:
  • Rights in jointly owned property or a joint account.
  • Rights expected to accrue to them in property.
  • Rights they hold in property, even if such rights are not registered in their name.
  • Preliminary directives for the appointment of a guardian, prepared pursuant to section 35A of the Legal Capacity and Guardianship Law, 5722–1962.
  • The applicants must state, within the affidavit, whether to the best of their knowledge the following documents relating to the appointment of a guardian for the person on whose behalf the application is submitted were prepared or deposited in the General Guardian’s Registry (Hebrew), and attach them if they are in their possession:
  • An enduring power of attorney.
  • Preliminary instructions for the guardian.
  • Or an expression of wishes document.
  • If the applicants propose a person or another entity to be appointed as guardian, they must specify in the application:
  • The name of the entity or the name of the person proposed for appointment.
  • The identification number or company number of the entity or person proposed for appointment.
  • The contact details of the proposed appointee.

 

  • The relationship between themselves and the proposed appointee, including:
  • Whether they are relatives.
  • Whether there is a business or financial relationship between them.
  • Whether they have joint assets or liabilities.
  • Whether there is any other relationship between them.
  • A written consent of the proposed guardian must be attached, including specification of the number of persons who are not his relatives, or the number of persons who are not his or her relatives, for whom he or she is already serving as guardian
  • at the time of submission of the application, if any.
  • If several persons request appointment as guardians for one person:
  • All of them must complete one joint form.
  • Even if several persons request appointment as guardians for one person in different fields, for example: one for bodily matters and one for property matters, only one form must be submitted, specifying who is requested to serve as guardian for which matter.
  • If all applicants wish to sign the affidavit at court, all of them must attend to sign.
  • If one person requests appointment as a guardian for several persons:
  • A separate application must be submitted for each person for whom appointment as a guardian is requested, even if the same guardian is requested for all persons.
  • In such case, a separate case file will be opened for each person, and the court fee will be payable separately for each case.
  • If a person appointed as guardian in a specific field wishes to be appointed as guardian in another field, a new application must be submitted to the court, for which a court fee shall be paid.
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  • The application must be submitted according to local jurisdiction:
  • The application shall be submitted to the Family Court within whose jurisdiction the person for whom appointment of a guardian is requested resides.
  • If the person for whom appointment is requested does not reside in Israel, the application shall be submitted to the court within whose jurisdiction their assets are located.

Click on the heading to open the information relevant to you:

  • Only attorneys may submit the application via the Net HaMishpat website.
  • Prior to logging in, it is recommended to prepare all documents scanned in PDF format only. The maximum size for each file that may be attached is up to 30 MB.
  • Access to the website must be made from a computer; it is not adapted for mobile browsing.
  • Login must be performed via the National Identification button or a smart card.
  • After logging in, attention must be paid to ensure identification as an attorney by your attorney license is displayed on the upper left corner, rather than your personal identification number.
  • If the identification number appears, it may be changed by clicking the small arrow next to the number.
  • If the arrow does not appear and it is not possible to select your attorney license number, it is likely that you are not registered as an attorney in the Net HaMishpat database. To register, an online registration form must be completed by entering the Net HaMishpat website and clicking the link at the bottom center of the page – Add a New Attorney on the Net HaMishpat Website.
  • To submit the application:
  • Click the “Open Case” button.
  • Select the court, case type, and other required fields.
  • Mark V for the power of attorney.
  • If you wish to pay by bank account debit authorization rather than by credit card, this option must be selected already at the stage of marking the V for the power of attorney. Otherwise, it will not be possible to select it later. To choose this option:
  1. Click the “Attorney Details” button.
  2. Go to the “Bank Account” tab and verify the bank account details for charging:
  • Enter the bank account details and click the “Verify Data” button.
  • The bank account details must correspond to the account details registered in Net HaMishpat for the office.
  • If the account details do not match, they must be updated in Net HaMishpat; see the explanation on how to do so.
If you wish to pay by credit card or if you have an exemption from the court fee, there is no need to click the “Attorney Details” button.

      To submit appendices with the application:  

  • Additional documents may be uploaded via the designated “Browse” button under the heading “Attach Accompanying Documents.”
Documents must be in PDF format only. No file uploaded to the system may exceed 30 MB.

The application may be sent by registered mail to a Family Court according to local jurisdiction.

Court Fee:

  • A court fee must be paid, as detailed in the court fee section on this page.
  • The receipt must be attached to the application.
An application sent without a receipt for the exact amount will be rejected.

To submit appendices with the application:

The application and appendices must be attached and sent together.

The application may not be submitted by fax.

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  • After submission of the application, it is turned over for judicial ruling.
  • The status of processing of the application may be checked in the Net HaMishpat system, which must be accessed via the National Identification system or a smart card.
  • Access to the website must be made from a computer only; it is not adapted for mobile browsing.
  • For details on how to check the status of processing of the application, click the relevant heading:

Upon completion of submission of the application, a confirmation number (reference number) will be received, by means of which it is possible to track the opening of the case and obtain the case number, in two ways:

  1. In the attorneys’ area:
  • Under the “Tracking My Submissions” tab, recent submissions, their confirmation numbers, and their processing status may be viewed.
  • The status of processing of the application must be checked.
  • This may be done after the end of the business day following submission of the application.
  1. In the top menu bar under the “Submissions” tab
  • Clicking the tab will open a window in which “Find Submissions by Reference Number” must be selected.
  • Enter the confirmation number (reference number) in the designated field and click the “Find” button at the bottom left of the page. The processing status of the submission will be displayed.
  • The status of processing of the application must be checked; this may be done after the end of the business day following submission of the application.
  • After the case is opened, a case number will appear.
  • Using the case number, the case may be viewed by clicking the number.
  • After entering the case, the folders within it will appear on the right side.
  • Upon submission of the application, the documents will be directed for review by the court secretariat
  • The court may send requests for completion of documents; if these are not submitted within the time period specified in the requests, the case will be closed.
  • It is therefore strongly recommended to diligently check the status of processing of the application.
  • Upon completion of submission, a case number will be received. One must wait for a judicial ruling in the case.
  • It is possible to check whether a judicial ruling has been rendered in the case via the Net HaMishpat website, accessed via the National Identification system or a smart card. On the top menu bar, enter the case number, click the “Find” button, and the case may then be viewed.
  • If the case number has been forgotten or is unknown, click the “Find Cases” tab, then select “My Cases,” enter a date range, and a list of cases will be received, from which the correct case may be selected.
  • After entering the case, folders will appear on the right side. Enter the “Paper File” folder, which will contain all documents in the case, including rulings.

 

Delivery of the mail to the court must be tracked, and one must wait until the end of the business day following the date of its arrival for the case to be opened. Thereafter, progress of processing of the application may be tracked in Net HaMishpat in the following manners:

  • Applicants who are not represented by an attorney:
  • If an email address has been updated in the application, update notifications will be received from the court.
  • To read the notifications, click the link therein, which will lead to Net HaMishpat. Login must be performed via the National Identification system. Next to the identification number, an envelope icon will appear; clicking it will open court notifications. In this manner, the court will notify when the case is opened and will send a case number.
  • Another way to check whether the case has been opened on the Net HaMishpat website, after logging in via the National Identification system, is by clicking the “Find Cases” tab and selecting “My Cases A date range must be selected for the search. A list will be received, from which the relevant case may be selected, and then the case number clicked to view it and check whether a ruling has been rendered.
  • Attorney:

May check the status of processing of the case in Net HaMishpat via the “Find Cases” tab and selecting “My Cases”:

  • The court and case opening date range must be selected.
  • If the case has been opened, a case number will appear, and the attorney may click the number to enter the case.
  • It is important to note that on the upper left corner of the website, the attorney license number is displayed, rather than an identification number, in order to view the cases in which the attorney is the representative.
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The Legal Capacity and Guardianship Law (Hebrew)

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Where wording is used in the male gender, the reference is to both men and women.

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