Moving

[hisliltulip]

The state is Minnesota.

DH was awarded sole physical custody of SS(5) and joint legal in Jan 2004.

About a month later, we bought a house, which we will be moving to this summer.

SS starts Kindergarten in the fall, the school is 40 miles from the BM apartment.

If we had stayed in our current home, his school would have been 20 minutes from her apartment.

Visitation schedule has her doing pick ups and drop offs at SS school.

She is having a fit that we bought a house "way up here".

There is nothing in the papers about moves, other than each party give the other party and the courts 10 days notice of any move.




1.)  Is there a "magic number" of miles (an estimate will do) a custodial parent is allowed to move?








Thanks

[socrateaser]

>1.)  Is there a "magic number" of miles (an estimate will do)
>a custodial parent is allowed to move?
>
Different states have different laws in this area. However, in the absense of a specific statute or court ruling/order, the parent who believes that his/her rights are being impaired by the other parent's move, must ask the court for relief.

As I don't know MN law, I can't give you a precise answer. If it were to come before a judge, the judge would probably look to what is reasonable and then order that you as the parent who moved away, should bear the additional cost of travel, be it by having to transfer the child at a closer point to the other parent, or by reiimbursing the other parent for the extra mileage.

You really ought to be able to negotiate a settlement here that would be in everyone's interests. We're not talking about hundreds/thousands of miles.