What should a court do when a divorced parent with sole or joint custody wants to move away from the child's father? Sometimes it's easy to decide if the moving parent has a frivolous reason. I once evaluated a case in which a mother wanted to move to the West Coast because a cult leader said it would be the safest place to live. Even though she had sole custody, the father went to court, and the mother was not permitted to move with the child.
But what if a parent remarries and her spouse lives out-of-state? What if a parent can only find work out-of-state? Then what? In cases such as these, courts often ask forensic experts to evaluate the family and give an opinion.
What's yours? What would make a move-away case legit and what wouldn't? How would you go about evaluating the family?
But what if a parent remarries and her spouse lives out-of-state? What if a parent can only find work out-of-state? Then what? In cases such as these, courts often ask forensic experts to evaluate the family and give an opinion.
What's yours? What would make a move-away case legit and what wouldn't? How would you go about evaluating the family?
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