Parental Relocation Attorneys Representing Parents Throughout Massachusetts
Child custody and visitation orders are negotiated or assigned based on a family's situation at a given moment in time. In some cases after a divorce or separation, custodial parents have compelling reasons to want to move with their children out-of-town or even out-of-state:
- Job reasons: layoffs at home, promotions with moves attached, new job offers elsewhere
- Family reasons: elderly parents may need help; the parent may remarry someone who lives out of the area
- Health reasons: the parent or a child may require specialized medical care or therapy that is available in a different area, or a different climate
- Special reasons: a child may excel at a sport, music, theater or some other endeavor, and have the best opportunities in another area
Parental relocation or move-away cases are among the most challenging issues in divorces and separations of parents — especially in the case of very young children who are still in the process of bonding with both parents.
A family law court may or may not approve a parent's proposal for a post judgment modification. The child's best interest is always the deciding factor. Less frequent visitation with the non-custodial parent can perhaps be balanced by longer visitation periods at other times.
The family law attorneys of Dane Shulman Associates, LLC, have helped many parents resolve parental relocation requests through a variety of methods and approaches, including mediation and litigation.
Bring your concerns about parental relocation to our family law attorneys. Whether you are the parent seeking to relocate with your child or the parent opposed to a relocation, talk to a Boston child custody lawyer about how best to resolve the dilemma of a parental relocation proposal.
