Child Custody - Moving a Child

[mrtdad]

My wife's mother lives with my wife's grandparents in Illinois. We currently live in Florida. If we get divorced I'm concerned that she will take my 1 1/2 year old son and move to Illinois to be near her mother. I tried to research the laws that govern this but I am a bit confused. Is there anything I can do to keep this from happening? I'm OK with joint custody but I want him near the same city as me so that I can see him a few times a week (or more).

Any and all advise will be welcomed.

Thanks.

[Attorney Howard Iken]

If you properly object, she cannot move without a court order. That is assuming there is a divorce in progress. Until a case is filed, she can move.