Navigate Custody Changes: Child Relocation Laws in Ohio Explained
Understanding the Legal Landscape: In-Depth Exploration of Child Relocation Laws and Procedures in Ohio
Society is becoming more mobile all the time. In addition, many people are meeting others from out-of-state via online dating sites. Few cases are higher conflict than one in which a parent wants to move out of the state with the child or children. Your Final Decree of Divorce or Dissolution will have specific relocation language and procedures in it that must be carefully followed. Parents are NOT free to just pick up and move out of state with a child who is subject to a parenting order without certain steps having been taken.
STEPS NEEDED TO BE TAKEN:
If you or you Ex is contemplating a move out of state or far from your present home, be sure to do the following:
- Read the specific relocation language in your Decree and Standard Order of Parenting Time that is attached. Courts and cases have very differing language as to those restrictions and triggers. Don’t rely on what a friend or co-worker to explain how it was handled in his or her divorce! THE DECREE LANGUAGE MATTERS!
- Decrees