Topic
Relocation
113 published works
NJ Family Legal Blog
Now That I’m Divorced, Can I Move?
With technology, the Internet, mobility and information overflow, post divorce individuals often wonder if they can relocate to another state for personal or business related reasons. The easy answer is…
NJ Family Legal Blog
Crossing State Borders
What happens when a parent leaves the state and relocates to another state? Which state has decision making power over the issue of custody? The recently issued unpublished Appellate Division…
Pennsylvania Family Law
Superior Court Affirms Decision to Allow Mother to Relocate to Virginia with Child
As a family law practitioner, I find custody cases in which one parent seeks to relocate with the children the hardest to predict and I have heard from numerous others,…
Virginia Family Law Journal
Mother Permitted to Relocate from Virginia to Pennsylvania
By Rob Hagy
In the case of Masters v. Sutton, the Virginia Court of Appeals, in an unpublished opinion, ruled that the trial court did not err in granting a motion for modification…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Modification of Joint Custody in Relocation Case Does Not Require Proof of Changed Circumstances if Joint Custody Continues after Move
By Family Law
The California Court of Appeals has handed down a fascinating decision involving modification of joint child custody plans. The richness and complexity of the facts would make this a fine…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: UCCJEA Prohibits Court From Altering Custody of Foreign Decrees, Even in Relocation Cases
By Family Law
A second move-away case from the California Court of Appeals this past week involved the application fo the UCCJEA to enforcement of a French custody decree. The French decree gave…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Massachusetts Court of Appeals Reaffirms Use of “Real Advantage” test in Relocation Cases
By Family Law
The Massachusetts court of appeals reversed a probate court's denial of a custodial mother's petition to relocate, finding that the court had given undue weight to the effect of the…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Massachusetts Supreme Court Denies Relocation of Parent who has Joint Custody of Child
By Family Law
The Massachusetts Supreme Court upholds a trial court's denial of a mother's relocation in a case in which the parents had joint physical and legal custody. Massachusetts provides that children…
La Revue
Mutation géographique : absence d’atteinte à une liberté fondamentale
La chambre sociale de la Cour de Cassation a considéré qu’une mutation géographique ne constituait pas en elle-même une atteinte à la liberté fondamentale du salarié quant au libre choix…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: California Court of Appeals Emphasizes Importance of Due Process in Hearing Relocation Petitions
By Family Law
The California Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's order that changed custody from shared physical and legal custody of the four minor children to sole physical and legal custody…