After the pain of divorce is gone, and you have sworn you will never date you now find yourself getting married. So what do you do if your new life takes you to another state and your ex husband and the father of your children lives here.
This is a difficult dilemma. Obtaining the right to move is not always easy. Here are things to think about. After you have thought about these areas, make sure you see an attorney before you talk to your ex or the children!
1. Have you considered where your children will go to school? Can the schools in the new state provide for any special needs your children might have?
2. Have you thought about how and when they will see their father?
3. Have you considered who will pay the transportation costs? If you are going to move and you are doing this voluntarily, be prepared to pay to leave. The court will also generally provide the Father with significant periods of time with the children over holidays and summers. You need to be prepared to give up quality time so that you can move.
4. Have you considered how the move will change your life? Will you be able to stay home with your children when you have been working? Will the move provide the children with things that they do not have now?
5. Do the children get along with your new spouse?
6. Have you given your ex proper notice under the law?
7. Has your spouse objected to the move?
8. Would the move be in your children’s best interest?
9. Have you considered the possibility of your new spouse to be moving to your town? Is there work available here that he could obtain that will avoid the necessity of your move?
10. If you are going to work, have you considered whether you will be able to get a job in the new state?
