Traveling Internationally with Your Children
Are you experiencing issues because you wish to be traveling internationally with your children during or after divorce? Our New Jersey family law attorney can help you manage this.
Traveling Internationally with Your Children | Issues During Divorce
What if one spouse wants to travel internationally – either during or at the conclusion of the divorce – at take the minor children borne of the marriage with them? This is often a strenuously litigated post-divorce issue. Why leave it until after the divorce? International travel can be addressed in your settlement agreement. Do you have family members who live outside the United States? Do the children already have passports? If they do, who will keep the passports? Are there multiple children? Might Mom keep one passport and Dad keep another? Is there a concern that someone might flee the jurisdiction with the children? If so, the court – and your attorney – must be alerted at the onset of litigation.
Traveling Internationally with Your Children | Answering Your Questions
If the children don’t have passports, have you secured the non-traveling parent’s consent to apply for them? Both parents must approve if a child is to get a passport. If the children are permitted to travel internationally, are there certain countries that they are not to visit? How long are they permitted to be out of the country? How much notice does the other parent need prior to the children departing on an international trip? These are among the important considerations that, as a parent, you must discuss with your attorney. In many cases, these issues are heavily litigated – both during and post-divorce – so you must not leave them to chance. Address – and resolve – these important issues around international travel with your children.
If you have any further questions about traveling internationally with children, let our dedicated New Jersey family law attorney answer your questions. Call today for a free consultation with attorney Tanya Freeman.
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