Q: I have a custody order in Oregon, I was awarded sole legal and sole physical custody. Other parent currently has
Supervised visits until she can get she completely out of her life. My question is on my custody papers am I allowed to move I remember I had check marked a box that said something along the lines of I don’t need to notify the courts or other party if moving more than 60 miles from other parent. Sense that box was approved by the judge does that mean I can leave the state and still have the custody order upheld? Or when I get to a new state will I need to file for custody there to?
A: If the judge did approve that you do not have to give statutory notice, then you do not. The custody order in Oregon is valid in any state. You may want to register it as a foreign judgment in the new state. You would need to contact an attorney in the new state about that paperwork, but it is fairly simple generally. You will still need to abide by the current parenting time, though, unless you file a modification allowing you to change the parenting time. Otherwise you would be violating a court order. While you do not have to give notice, you cannot unilaterally change the parenting time plan because of a move unless there is a provision in the judgment to do so.
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