Hi Jersey- thanks for responding. He's not moving out of state, he's moving two seconds from the state line. Neither of us have residential custody, as we have a true 50-50 split. He's always gone to private school, so that hasn't been an issue. I know we'll both have to do the driving, but the problem comes when he's at my house in the morning and it's time to go to school. It'll be way too long of a drive to get him there. Same thing if he were to go to school where I live. His Dad on his days would have to drive over an hour and a half to get him to school in the morning, and back in the afternoon. Him moving so far away makes life very difficult for not only him and I, but our son as well. He can't handle such a long commute every morning and afternoon. He'd have to wake up at 5am just to be ready in time for the drive. Not to mention he's moving in the polar opposite direction of where me, my husband, my ex, and his wife work. I will have a three hour commute one way every morning that I take him to school and then go to work.So will he and his wife.
My ex hasn't given a reason for his move. He would tell me to kiss his a** if I asked him. But why can't he move closer to me?
My husband and I have talked it over, and have decided to contest his move on the grounds that joint custody will not work with such a long commute. If we lose, then we will sell our home and move to be closer to my son. This could go on for years- he moves, i move, he moves, i move.
You would think that moving is not grounds for a sole custody dispute, but that it exactly what he did to me. He said there was a change in circumstance.The judge agreed that there was a change in circumstance, but said that I had moved in the best interest of my family, and that joint custody was still relatively easy to accomplish with the distance I moved away (30 minutes)