35 years after father's death — daughter to receive share of his partner's apartment

The Tel Aviv Family Court ordered the payment of 312,000 shekels to the daughter of a deceased man — one-eighth of the value of his former partner's apartment. Judge Lior Bringer recognized an agreement reached between the parties 35 years after the plaintiff's father's death. The man and the defendant, who now suffers from dementia, lived together for about ten years in her apartment. In June 1991, the man died. A few months after his death, the partner made a will, leaving a quarter of the apartment to the deceased's children and the rest to her own children. After the apartment was sold in May 2021, the man's daughter went to court, claiming there was an oral agreement to pay the deceased's children a quarter of the apartment's value due to the father's investments in renovations. The apartment was sold for approximately 2.5 million shekels. The defendants denied the agreement and claimed the renovations were cosmetic. The judge rejected their version, citing correspondence and the 1991 will as evidence. The court also found that the renovations increased the apartment's area by at least 30%. Ultimately, the court ordered payment of one-eighth of the sale price — 312,000 shekels — to the daughter, plus 60,000 shekels in legal costs.