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Q: Can mother with sole custody residing in separate state from the father,180 miles away, move to a state further away?

Mother in IL, Father in WI, move to AZ. The child is 7 and sees his father every other weekend. The father has never lived near the child and is several years delinquent in child support.

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Raiford Dalton Palmer
answered on Apr 14, 2022

This depends largely on the terms of your divorce or parentage judgment. The parenting judgment should state who has parental responsibilities (custody) and how parenting time (visitation) is handled. It should also contain terms about relocation - moving the child over 25 miles from their location... View More

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