Russo v. Carmel

Memorandum:

Petitioner father commenced this proceeding seeking joint custody and expanded visitation, and respondent mother cross-petitioned to reduce the father’s overnight visitation. The parties thereafter entered into a stipulation resolving those issues, however, and they agreed that Family Court would rule on the father’s request to travel to Italy with the parties’ child to visit the father’s parents and other relatives who reside there. The mother now contends that the court erred in permitting the father to travel to Italy for a period of not more than 15 days on 60 days’ notice to…