
Child Custody Relocation: New Guidance On the Burden of Proof On the Relocating Parent
In 2006, the Legislature passed a “relocation statute” to provide guidance to the courts on how the courts should address a parent who wants to
Custody Relocation

In 2006, the Legislature passed a “relocation statute” to provide guidance to the courts on how the courts should address a parent who wants to

In 2006, the General Assembly enacted a new statute addressing relocation of parents in the child custody provisions of the Divorce and Paternity Act. The

Many divorce lawyers receive requests for guidance from their clients on “changing venue.” In Indiana, this is not common and is generally associated with moving

Our society is more mobile than ever, working from home to teleconferencing across the globe. This makes relocation by a custodial parent more likely now

In paternity and divorce cases, parties sometimes do not fully understand “legal custody.” Legal custody has nothing to do with who a child stays with

In 2006, the General Assembly adopted a comprehensive set of statutes to be followed in the event either party in a divorce or post-divorce proceeding

Supposing a custodial parent is permitted by a court to relocate with the child to another state, there are often matters that arise after relocation

Where the is a dispute about a child, from its biological parent to impermissible removal of a child from his or her home to return,

Under the United States Constitution, each person has the right to free travel in and between the states. Where the parties have a child in

Custody of a child is a very important and sometime contentious matter in family law matters, such as dissolution and paternity cases. When both parties
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