Unmarried Mother 's Rights Re Relocation in Israeli Law: My daughter has just given birth to her first child in Israel. I came out to help her. She is desperately unhappy. Her boyfriend – the baby's father – is very unsupportive. She wants to come back to the States with me when I return, and put her life back on track. She is qualified in the States and can earn good money to support the baby there. Is she legally entitled to take the baby to the States if he is against this, because they are not married?

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No. If your daughter removes the baby from Israel without the father's consent she could face child abduction proceedings under the Hague Convention in the United States. It does not matter that she is not married to the baby's father. Under Israeli law he has equal guardianship rights as the mother. She should apply for custody and relocation in Israel, if he will not reach agreement about her moving abroad with the baby.