Use less branching like if else, making code cleaner

Using if-else less often in code. Is there any cleaner way?

These type of branching comes often.

if(isset($activePause)){
   if(Carbon::parse($activePause->resume_date)->gt(Carbon::today())){
     return back();
   } else {
     return view('customer_packages.pause_create');
} else {
   return view('customer_packages.pause_create');   
}