Authorization to Travel Internationally and Apply for Passports
1 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA 2 COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 3 UNIFIED FAMILY COURT 4
5) 6 MIN YUAN ("JOANNE") LIN,) Case Number: FDI-23-797584) 7 Petitioner) Hearing Date: July 9, 2026) 8 VS.) Hearing Time: 9:00 AM) 9 WING KWONG QUOCK,) Department: 404) 10 Respondent) Presiding: AI MORI) 11) 12 REQUEST FOR ORDER RE: AUTHORIZATION TO TRAVEL INTERNATIONALLY AND APPLY 13 & OBTAIN CURRENT PASSPORTS 14 TENTATIVE RULING 15 Having read and considered the pleadings, declarations, and other evidence submitted in this matter, the 16 Court makes the following findings and orders: 17 A. Procedural History 18 1) Petitioner Min “Joanne” Lin (Mother) and Respondent Wing Quock (Father) have two minor 19 children together, Hannah (DOB 12/6/2012, age 13) and Sophia (DOB 6/20/2015, age 11). 20 2) On 3/15/2023, a 3-year domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) was entered to protect 21 Mother and the children against Father. 22 3) On 3/10/2026, pursuant to a stipulated agreement of the parties, an order to renew DVRO was 23 filed extending the expiration date of the DVRO to 3/15/2031.
On 6/10/2026, the parties 24 stipulated that Father’s professionally supervised visits, which occur every Sunday from 9AM to 25 11:30AM, shall be unsupervised beginning 6/1/2026, and that the parties shall communicate 26 through Our Family Wizard in a brief and peaceful manner, and only about issues relating to 27 visitation and exchanges of the children. 28 4) On for hearing is Mother’s request filed 4/14/2026 for court authorization for her to renew the 29 children’s passports and travel with them internationally.
She states that Father is withholding his
1 consent to renew the passports without good reason. She states that she wishes to take the 2 children to Taiwan to visit their relatives; she “would be happy to provide [Father] with 21 days’ 3 advance written notice of any anticipated international travel (or as much as possible in cases of 4 emergency), round-trip flight information and copies of tickets, destination(s), lodging, and
5 emergency contact details. Additionally, I propose that [Father] have make -up time with the 6 children should any travel interfere with [his] scheduled visits.” 7 5) Father filed a declaration on 7/6/2026 in which he states that he wishes to clarify his position 8 regarding the passports and out-of-state travel. He states: “I am simply asking that the existing 9 consent process remain in place so that I receive sufficient information to make an informed
10 decision regarding any proposed international travel and can maintain reasonable contact with my 11 daughters while they are traveling.” He would like any orders relating to international travel to 12 require the other party’s consent and to include the following conditions: (a) at least 21 days’ 13 advance written notice of any intended travel, with the notice to include the proposed travel dates, 14 destination, return flight information, and emergency contact information; (b) reasonable make-
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15 up time for any missed parenting time; and (d) two video or telephone calls each week for the 16 non-traveling parent, with each call lasting approximately 30 minutes. He states as to travel to 17 Taiwan that he “remain[s] willing to consent to [Mother] traveling with the children to Taiwan 18 and to execute any documents necessary to renew their passports. My only request is that, before 19 I am asked to provide that consent, I be given the basic information necessary to make an
20 informed decision. . . .” 21 B. Findings and Orders 22 1) This Court has jurisdiction to make child custody orders in this case under the Uniform Child 23 Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. A violation of this order may subject the party in 24 violation to civil or criminal penalties, or both. The country of habitual residence of the minor
25 children is the United States. 26 2) Father shall fully and timely—i.e., within 7 days of any request by Mother—cooperate in signing 27 and executing all necessary documents for the renewal of the children’s passports. If Father fails 28 to fully and timely cooperate, Mother may file an ex parte request asking the Court to appoint the 29
1 Clerk of the Court or the Clerk’s Designee as elisor to sign any such documents and sha ll attach 2 to any such ex parte request a copy of the documents that require Father’s signature. 3 3) The Court maintains the current order requiring the parties to obtain consent or a Court order for 4 international travel. At least 21 days before any anticipated international travel, Mother shall
5 provide Father with basic information regarding her proposed travel—travel dates, roundtrip 6 flight information, destination(s), lodging, and emergency contact information. Father shall be 7 entitled to make-up time for any missed parenting time due to travel, and shall also be entitled to 8 two video or telephone calls per week with the children during travel, with each call lasting at 9 least 15 minutes. Father shall not unreasonably withhold consent to Mother’s request to travel. If
10 Father does not consent to the proposed travel after proper notice of the anticipated international 11 travel is provided, Mother shall seek a Court order for the travel before she may travel with the 12 children. 13 4) All other orders not in conflict with these orders shall remain in full force and effect. 14 5) The Court will prepare the Findings and Order After Hearing.
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