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Should a Custodial Parent Need Court Approval to Move?

By Karen Meislik
October 29, 2012

The world is changing and our courts are playing catch-up. Today, the average American moves about a dozen times over his or her lifetime. Nearly 14% of children under 17 change addresses at least once a year. Where an intact family can rely on itself to adjust to such a transient life, split families often must resort to our courts to iron out their relocation disputes. Thus, with rising mobility, our family courts increasingly are being asked to adjudicate relocation matters. The precedents they rely on, however, are so “last century.”

Will the children suffer from being separated from the non-custodial parent? Are less frequent, but longer duration, visits with the non-custodial parent beneficial or detrimental to a child? How important is the role of the non-custodial parent in a child's development? How important is each parent's role in the emotional development of a child?

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