May a non-custodial parent withhold his or her consent from the custodial parent’s efforts to obtain a passport for a child? Apparently not, especially if the need for the passport is for the child to visit an ailing grandparent.
In Snowden v. Snowden, a June 6, 2018 decision of the Appellate Division, Second Department,
A father has been directed to cooperate in obtaining a renewed passport for his now 10-year old daughter. Reversing the order of New York County Family Court Referee Marva A. Burnett in its December 11, 2014 decision in Matter of Noella Lum B. v. Kristopher T.R., the Appellate Division, First Department, directed the father
Courts have recognized that it is in the best interests of a child to travel with a parent. A court may provide relief when one parent unreasonably withholds consent from the other parent to travel with a child and compel a divorced parent to cooperate with the other parent to secure a passport for a