Legal Question in Family Law in California

Certainly,a custody agreement--whether it be joint or sole--can cover the issues of vacations. You ought to talk to family law lawyer about the advantages and disadvantages of getting a judicial order on custody. Perhaps just the threat of going to court will encourage your ex to allow you to take the child on a vacation. You can tell him that it is likely that the court will let you take your daughter on the vacation and if he is afraid of going to court he will be better off letting you go on the vacation.

To have a normalized and predictable parenting arrangement, you need court orders delineating the timeshare. If you are ending your marriage or domestic partnership, you would file a divorce petition with a motion for child custody and visitation. If you are ending a non marital relationship, you file a paternity petition along with the motion for custody and visitation.