Indulge me please...

[CJane]

Well I could see that happening. You are talking about a 3 hour or more drive depending on traffic. Dad would be spending half his weekend just driving back and forth to see his child.

Maybe -- but I live almost exactly 120 miles from my mom, and it's barely a 2 hour drive -- and I have been known to drive it just to have lunch with her and turn around to drive home.

I wouldn't want to live that far from my kids, but if these things were THAT important to Dad, he really should have solidified custody before it was an issue.

Just going by what I see in Family Court in my County, The judge here hates when a parent up and moves across state at the first sign of a court hearing. They seriously think since they are in the same state that he won't make them bring the child back. I have seen it happen on a few occasions.

In this case though, Dad hasn't even filed anything -- there's no "sign of a court hearing". There's supposition that Mom only moved because Dad said he MIGHT file. That's not the same thing.

 

[stealth2]

AN MTV series called Teen Mom. Maci and Ryan share a son named Bentley. They live in memphis I do believe and Maci wants to move to Nashville to be with new boyfriend. Ryan's parents and new girlfriend are pushing him to go for custody and prevent Maci from moving. The attorney Ryan saw stated that if he files he can prevent the move.

So now we're commenting on stupid teens on stupid TV shows??

 

[neopandora]

Also Nashville to Memphis is over 120 miles (closer to 215, give or take - 3 hours would be virtually no traffic either city just interstate to interstate). Which would be over 100 miles so the relocation statute would probably apply.

 

[acmb05]

Maybe -- but I live almost exactly 120 miles from my mom, and it's barely a 2 hour drive -- and I have been known to drive it just to have lunch with her and turn around to drive home.

I wouldn't want to live that far from my kids, but if these things were THAT important to Dad, he really should have solidified custody before it was an issue.

I was referencing the drive from Memphis to Nashville.

In this case though, Dad hasn't even filed anything -- there's no "sign of a court hearing". There's supposition that Mom only moved because Dad said he MIGHT file. That's not the same thing.

No it's not the same thing. Since I do not know what County they are in I will let you know what happened in my county once in family court.

dad filed for custody/visitation. Just prior to filing mom moved about 165 miles away ( a little further than the OP'S ex) In court she was asked if she knew that dad was going to be filing for custody/visitation( not that he had filed just was going to) and she responded "yes she had a feeling he was". The very next question was, Why did you move over "100 miles away knowing dad wanted to set up custody and visitation?

Answer: I just needed a change.

Judge: You have one week to move the child back to the jurisdiction of the court.

Now granted those were not the judges exact words but he did order that since she knew in advance that he was filing she should have stayed in the County that had jurisdiction until the matter went to court and that the child needed to be returned to that County within 7 days.