What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Illinois
I am just recently married and wanting to move my five-year-old daughter to Kentucky. Her father and I have not been together for nearly 5 years now. We were never married and up until a little over a year now, he was not paying child support. He was never in her life and my new husband has picked up the pieces. Just this past year, my ex has been keeping her on a regular basis (2 nights a week)...for the most part. I've caught him in lies. He tells me he is keeping her and I find out his mother did instead. My husband and I have a house in Kentucky, almost exactly an hour and a half from where my daughter and I previously lived.
What rights do I have to move her out of state? My ex told me that I would have to get a Mediator in order to decide what was best for our daughter.
I moved to Kentucky for several reasons. My husband is originally from Kentucky and has a very good job, making better money than he could have found in Illinois. I, myself, recently found employment in a school system. My wages are better than they were in Illinois.
I realize that I am taking my daughter away from my family and my ex's family, but our visitation agreements have been very open. We never went to court over visitation. We do not have any legally binding contracts or court orders stating any rights to visitation or custody. Paternity was just written down at the hospital, neither of us had any reason to doubt paternity. The only thing that went to court was child support and neither of us had to be present. It was written up, signed and that was it. I am very open to letting him keep her on days when she is out of school and on weekends. The only problem with weekends right now is that he works 12's on Saturdays and Sundays. But, with her school schedule, she will be off on a lot of Mondays and Tuesdays and those are his days off so, it sort of works out because he never kept her on weekends.
My question is: Can he keep me from moving her out of state? Is there anything I can do that can help me with this process? Any advice at all would be helpful!
I am just recently married and wanting to move my five-year-old daughter to Kentucky. Her father and I have not been together for nearly 5 years now. We were never married and up until a little over a year now, he was not paying child support. He was never in her life and my new husband has picked up the pieces. Just this past year, my ex has been keeping her on a regular basis (2 nights a week)...for the most part. I've caught him in lies. He tells me he is keeping her and I find out his mother did instead. My husband and I have a house in Kentucky, almost exactly an hour and a half from where my daughter and I previously lived.
What rights do I have to move her out of state? My ex told me that I would have to get a Mediator in order to decide what was best for our daughter.
I moved to Kentucky for several reasons. My husband is originally from Kentucky and has a very good job, making better money than he could have found in Illinois. I, myself, recently found employment in a school system. My wages are better than they were in Illinois.
I realize that I am taking my daughter away from my family and my ex's family, but our visitation agreements have been very open. We never went to court over visitation. We do not have any legally binding contracts or court orders stating any rights to visitation or custody. Paternity was just written down at the hospital, neither of us had any reason to doubt paternity. The only thing that went to court was child support and neither of us had to be present. It was written up, signed and that was it. I am very open to letting him keep her on days when she is out of school and on weekends. The only problem with weekends right now is that he works 12's on Saturdays and Sundays. But, with her school schedule, she will be off on a lot of Mondays and Tuesdays and those are his days off so, it sort of works out because he never kept her on weekends.
My question is: Can he keep me from moving her out of state? Is there anything I can do that can help me with this process? Any advice at all would be helpful!
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