MATTER OF NYARKO B. v. EDWIN C.

Docket No. V34239-14/17C, V34240-14/17C, V04388/17/17A/17B, V04389/17/17A/17B. Appeal No. 14329. Case No. 2019-3138.

198 A.D.3d 453 (2021)

152 N.Y.S.3d 575

2021 NY Slip Op 05453

In the Matter of Naamye Nyarko B., Appellant, v. Goodwin Edwin C., Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided October 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Randall S. Carmel, Jericho ( Randall S. Carmel of counsel), for appellant.

Bruce A. Young , Brooklyn, for respondent.

Andrew J. Baer , New York, attorney for the children.

Concur—Renwick, J.P., Kern, Oing, Mendez, Rodriguez, JJ.


Family Court erred in granting the father's request to modify the custody and visitation order to permit him to travel internationally with the children, particularly to Ghana, which is not a party to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1343 UNTS 89, TIAS No. 11670 [1980]; see 51 Fed Reg 10494 [1986]), as there is no sound and substantial basis in the record to support a finding that such unrestricted international travel is...

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