Recent Posts in Relocation of Children Posted By Samuelson Hause & Samuelson, LLP 15-Aug-2017 New York Child Custody & Relocation Cases Following a divorce, it is not unusual for a custodial parent to want to relocate to a different county or even a different state. Understandably, such a move can certainly affect a child’s relationships with friends, extended family, ... Continue Reading Posted By Samuelson Hause Samuelson Geffner & Kersch, LLP 27-May-2016 Summer Travel for Divorced Parents: Passports for Minors Summer is right around the corner, which means that families all over the country are planning vacation travel—much of which will occur overseas. In these cases, it's required that children acquire passports before traveling and, for a ... Continue Reading Posted By Elliot D. Samuelson 18-Jun-2014 Relocating Children After an Initial Custody Award One of the most difficult decisions to make after you have been awarded custody, and wish to relocate within miles of your residence, or to a distant state or foreign country is the effect such move will have on the child. To do so would necessarily ... Continue Reading Posted By Elliot D. Samuelson 15-May-2013 Mother Refused Permission to Relocate Children Because we are living in a mobile society, the problem of a move to a distant state (and sometimes even a country) is a vexing problem, both for the parents and the courts as well. As this blog has commented on this issue before, advising never to ... Continue Reading Posted By Elliot D. Samuelson 1-Apr-2013 Modifying Stipulations with Respect to Custody and Visitation Many times couples who are in litigation over either custody, visitation, or relocation of children to a distant residence, do so without sufficient thought of entering a settlement stipulation and having the court "so order" or direct ... Continue Reading Posted By Elliot Samuelson 2-Aug-2012 Self Help Should Not Be Used in Child Relocation Cases A recent decision reached by the Appellate Division First Department in Koegler v. Woodward __A.D. 3 rd ___, highlights the danger in using self help to relocate a child to a distant state. Here, the mother was an educated and successful business ... Continue Reading Posted By Elliot D. Samuelson 2-Nov-2010 Relocation of a Parent With Children Since the Court of Appeals (the state's hghest appellate court) decided the Tropea case, all child relocation cases have been decided by one uniform principle and that is whether the proposed move would be in the best interest of the children. No ... Continue Reading