Assumption: "If I'm worried the other parent might take our child abroad, especially if they're a foreign national with ties elsewhere, that justifies a travel ban."

Court Reality

Courts look at whether the fear reflects a genuine flight risk or is really about a loss of control following abuse findings against the parent raising it. Where the family's actual life, home, and roots are in England, an international travel restriction can be seen as an unhelpful and unjustified point of ongoing dispute rather than real protection. Holidays abroad are generally treated as being in the child's best interests, and courts encourage parents to facilitate them rather than resist them.