Auburn, NY asked in Family Law for New York

Q: My son’s father lives out of state. We have a parenting contract as he suddenly decided to move.

He is supposed to go to see him out of state 12/19-12/29 but is refusing to give me flight information. If I do not receive it can I deny him the right to take him? He does not pay child support bc he is going off the divorce agreement when he lived in NYS.

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A: We do not know and are not told if the "parenting contract" is ordered by the family court or is an informal contract entered into by the parents. If the contract is ordered by a judge in a family court, then the parties must adhere to its requirements or face sanctions. The visiting father does not have to visit his child; only the custodial mother must release the child for visits pursuant to the precise wording of the so ordered parenting contract.

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