My ‘ex’ wife wants to emigrate abroad with our children. She wants to go to New Zealand , where her sister lives, and where she says she can give the children a better quality of life. She is a qualified nurse, and says she can earn much more there. I think she just wants to neutralize me and distance me from the children. She says if I do not agree, she will file for permission from the court. What can I do ?
By: דיאנה שאלתיאל•Published on: 02 June, 2022If an ‘ex’ spouse , who has custody of the mutual children files a plea for their relocation, the non-custodial parent can take legal steps to oppose this, by filing defence pleadings which are aimed to show that the reasons and motives behind the action are not legitimate, or justified. The non-custodial parent can try and persuade the court that the real motives are revenge and distancing of the children, and that the so called reason – financial – is not true, or justified. He can try and show that the custodial parent can find reasonable employment in Israel, and that any financial gain is not justified, because the emotional price of relocation that the children would have to bear – being cut off from their father – is too high, and not in their interests.