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I was wondering inf anyone out there can help me with information on how to handle a difficult issue I have with my ex wife. 

We have been separated since my son was 3 years old and he is now 8, almost 9.  As he has grown up he has had some issues with anger and fixation on certain issues and we both agree that he needs counseling.  I now live 1500 miles away in Kansas and visit every couple of months and then he and his older sister spend the summers with me while not in school.  After last summer and working very hard with my son to manage his issues I then started looking for therapists back in Massachusetts that he could visit so that he could recieve the help he needs.  My ex-wife and her new husband along with my current wife all agreed that we were going to get him in counseling and stay in constant contact about his care, this however lasted less than 2 months after he returned from teh summer with me.  My ex wife ket moving appointments that I had made for his with the therapist and then told me that it was too much for her to bring him becasue she has two younger children with her new husband that are under 2.  It was so difficult to deal with her that my mother would drive 2.5 hours one way just to bring my son to an appointment that was less than 10 minutes from his house.

After Christmas when my mother went on an extended vacation to Florida my ex wife stopped bringing him all together to his appointments saying that he was doing better. 

Unfortunately he has been struggling more and more lately and I recieved cals from my ex wife 3-4 times a week to calm him down and to help him.  I have told my ex-wife and her new husband that I truly believe that it would be in the best interest of my son for him to move here with me so I can help him get the help he needs. 

My ex says that there is no way that she will let him move to KS with me mostly because of the loss of support and then also because of the distance but she is not giving him the care that he needs.  Now we have joint custody so we have equal share of responsility for his medical care but I can not make her bring him to his appointments.  which brings me to my question

Is there any legal precendent in Massachusetts where a non custodial parent can legally make the other parent take a child to medical apoointments, and if not then what do I do to begin the process of changing the parental orders with the court to have my kids move in with me?