Want to relocate, husband will fight it.

[allig]

I really want to relocate back to Massachusetts where I'm from. I don't have family there anymore, but I have many close friends, my best friend, and a beautiful apartment to move into. I could very easily find a job to support myself and my daughter. I'm in the process of divorcing my husband at present. He is a long distance truck driver who comes into town about once a month.

What are the chances of a judge granting me permission to move out of state with my daughter, even if my husband contests this. I would gladly give him ample time to visit including daily webcam visits, vacations, holidays, birthdays etc.

I really just want to go home. I miss it there very much and I feel like I'm being made to stay in a place I hate, and am not able to move on with my life. Since my husband is out of town so often, normal routine for my daughter revolves around me and no one else. Any advice?

[Attorney Howard Iken]

Relocation is not impossible. You need to show the judge that relocation will be in the best interest of your child. Just as you are doing: the more ways you can accommodate parenting time of the dad, the more likely relocation will be granted.

Attorney Howard Iken

The Divorce Center
3000 W. Gulf to Bay Blvd
Clearwater, FL 33760
727-844-7676

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[tampamom]

get a lawyer to do this for you. Due to financial situation, I did mine pro se, did a TON of research into the Florida statutes (and court inclinations) about relocation, and my magistrate shot it down because my ex snowed her that he was 'involved' during our final hearing - in other words, I got the shaft. I have family back home, free living accommodations, and a job waiting for me. I am active on two PTA boards. The ex has not worked in more than 6 years, has never so much as chaperoned a field trip, and has been Baker Acted for domestic violence. Hillsborough County 'case management' is a joke, and my recommendation from the magistrate was shot through with so many typos I question her attention to my actual case. Icing on the cake? She ignored the child support guidelines I filed (within the appropriate time frame) and did not award child support, even though I have primary custody. So the sate of Florida prefers to force me to stay here, try to raise my sons as a single parent with ZERO assistance - financial or otherwise, and the ex is free to ignore deadlines and moral obligations.

The only way I am able to relocate is that my ex agreed (after all this) to ALSO move to my home state. I cannot wait to get out of Florida.