Jerusalem Family Court Orders Bank to Disclose Deceased Mother's Account Details to Daughter Amid Inheritance Dispute

The Jerusalem Family Court recently ruled that banks must provide a daughter with detailed bank statements of her deceased mother, who left her estate equally to two daughters. The dispute arose after one daughter discovered that her sister had withdrawn one million shekels from their mother's account a year before her death and requested the account details, which the banks initially refused to disclose due to the sister's objection as a joint account holder.

The court emphasized that an heir inherits the rights of the deceased, including access to financial information, even if the account is shared with another heir who opposes disclosure. This ruling allows the daughter to review transactions from two years before the mother's death until the account closure to verify if her rights were violated. The court rejected the request for information on the father's accounts, as the daughter is not his heir.

This decision highlights the legal principle that heirs are entitled to full transparency regarding the deceased's financial affairs, especially when there are suspicions of unauthorized withdrawals. The case number is 58473-01-26.

In related rulings, the article also discusses a property dispute in Netanya where a building supervisor ruled that an apartment was illegally split into two units despite one lacking a kitchen, and a Supreme Court decision upholding hefty legal fees against members of a purchasing group in Modiin-Maccabim-Reut due to their procedural conduct. These cases illustrate ongoing legal clarifications in property and inheritance law in Israel.