No Obligation For Trial Relocation: My ex-wife has custody of our daughter and wants to relocate from Israel to Belgium with her. I object but she has now brought legal proceedings against me in Israel. Can I make my ex-wife's new husband guarantee that if our child does not like it there, he will agree to their return ?

No ! There is no legal obligation upon your ex-wife's new husband to agree to this at all. The court can grant your ex-wife permission to relocate if after hearing the expert opinion/s it considers that it is the best option for her in the circumstances, even if you object. In November 2006 Tel Aviv Family Court granted a mother with custody , who had remarried a French businessman , permission to relocate to France with a six year old son . It adopted the findings and recommendations of professionals which held that relocation was in the minor's good, or was the "least detrimental alternative" . In doing so, the court rejected a claim by the father that his ex-wife's new husband's refusal to promise to let her and the child return to Israel if the minor were unhappy in France , proved that his welfare was not being put first. It held that the new husband was under no obligation to make such an undertaking.