Joint custody and wanting to move

[Rosac1992]

Jurisdiction

California

Hi, i have joint custody for my 3 year old daughter, i recently got remarried and we have been thinking about moving about 2 hours away, for the reason being its so expensive here, we went and found a house we can easily afford and will be saving alot of money. Well i talked to my daughters father and denied our request and said we will be going to court, i am just scared they will deny my request to move. I wont be taking her away i just wanted to switch some days.

 

[adjusterjack]

You can move.

Just leave your daughter with her father and you visit. Don't like that idea, do you?

Otherwise, you'll end up in court and all the money you save by moving will go to pay a lawyer and then go to pay cost of the father's visitation with his daughter.

 

[shrinkmaster]

In short your denying the other parent their time with child. This is NOT an uncommon issue but as stated above you cant win this fight and keep child most likely.

 

[Rosac1992]

He will still be getting the same time visitation, just different days?

 

[KatDini]

It's up to your attorney to make the case that moving away from Dad would be in the child's best interests. Not yours, not your husband, not Dad's. The child's.

 

[adjusterjack]

He will still be getting the same time visitation, just different days?

Will you drive the two hours to deliver the child, drive two hours to go back home, repeat the round trip later to pick up the child?

Do that for each and every visitation?

If you are going to do that I don't suppose your ex or the court will have much objection to your moving.

 

[shrinkmaster]

Your looking at this from only your view. It is not as simple as you assume and the above is 100% correct