Traveling Abroad With Children After Divorce

Travel Consent and Exit Bans

Israeli family law requires mutual parental consent for children to travel abroad — a safeguard against international child abduction. Where consent is unreasonably withheld, the court can grant permission; where there is a genuine abduction risk, a travel ban can be imposed urgently. The system balances the right of children to travel with both parents against the legitimate interest in ensuring they return.

Adv. Elmaliach handles both sides of these disputes — obtaining travel consent through the court when a parent refuses unreasonably, and urgently applying for exit bans and Hague Convention return orders when children have been or may be wrongfully removed.