Prompting the physical breaches are remarriage and employment opportunities, not antagonism or revenge. But the cruel results are the same.
While most states still allow courts to preclude such moves without permission of the joint- or noncustodial parent, some states are now removing that veto power. Bad legislation.
Most states still force the custodial parents to prove that relocation is in the child's best interest. And most judges find that such separation would damage relationships between children and their joint- or noncustodial parent.
Parents divorce each other, not their children. Divorce allows parents to discard each other, not their children. And children--despite divorce--have absolute rights to regular interactions with the joint- or noncustodial parent unless he or she is proven unfit.
Remarriage and employment opportunities are voluntary choices. Resulting separation from the joint- or noncustodial parent is not. (27 FEBRUARY 2000).
