Private Investigator Helps Mother Win 8,400 Shekels Monthly Child Support
A Beersheba Family Court ordered a hairdresser to pay 8,400 shekels monthly in child support after a private investigator proved his salon earnings vastly exceeded his official tax declarations.
A Family Court in Beersheba has ordered a local hairdresser to pay 8,400 shekels monthly in child support and housing expenses after ruling that his actual income significantly exceeded his official tax declarations, as evidenced by a private investigator's report.
The couple, parents of four children, separated in January 2022 when the father left the family home. The mother subsequently filed for child support for their three minor children, one of whom reached adulthood during the legal proceedings. The mother testified that her monthly income ranged between 3,000 and 5,000 shekels, while asserting that her ex-husband operated a highly successful salon earning between 50,000 and 60,000 shekels per month, portions of which went undeclared to tax authorities.
Private Investigator's Surveillance Reveals True Scale
To substantiate her claims, the mother submitted a report from a private investigator who monitored the father's salon for seven consecutive days in September 2022. The surveillance recorded approximately 290 visits to the business, averaging around 47 visitors per day excluding an exceptionally short workday.
Judge Ariel Maman noted that while not every visitor was a paying customer, the vast majority clearly sought services. Applying a conservative estimate of 40 clients daily paying a mere 60 shekels per haircut, the court estimated the salon's monthly revenue at no less than 60,000 shekels.
Financial Discrepancies and Final Ruling
The investigator's findings aligned with a court-appointed financial expert's report, which uncovered a discrepancy of approximately 744,000 shekels between the father's reported income from 2019 to 2021 and the actual deposits made into his bank account. Furthermore, enforcement proceedings revealed the father declared monthly personal expenses of about 27,300 shekels, heavily contradicting his claimed earnings.
Consequently, the court set the father's net monthly earning capacity at 50,000 shekels after business expenses, while the mother's earning capacity was assessed at 6,444 shekels. The ruling also accounted for the father's lack of visitation with two of his children and his resistance to shared custody of their youngest daughter, resulting in an additional financial burden allocated to the mother.
The father was ultimately ordered to pay monthly child support ranging from 1,900 to 2,400 shekels depending on the child's age, plus 1,000 shekels in housing costs for each daughter, alongside 80 percent of medical and educational expenses. He was also assessed 25,000 shekels in legal costs.
