Relocation Custody Cases
Life can sometimes throw us curve-balls, and when that curve-ball means you need to pick up and move, that can come with major changes to your child custody arrangements.
In Colorado, the Courts are required to look at a number of factors to decide if your child should relocate with you:
- Your reasons for relocating
- Why the other parent is objecting to your relocation with the child
- The history and quality of your relationship, and the other parent’s relationship with the child
- What educational opportunities exist for your child here, and where you are proposing to relocate to
- The presence or absence of extended family here and at the proposed new location
- If there are any advantages to the child remaining with the primary caregiver
- What kind of impact the move may have on the child
- Whether the court can fashion a reasonable parenting time schedule if your relocation is permitted and any other relevant factors that bear on the best interests of your child.
The first step in any relocation is to contact the other parent to discuss where you are moving and how that may impact the current parenting time arrangements. The easiest and most sure-fire way to get your relocation approved, is for both parents to agree to the relocation and to the new schedule.
Unfortunately, agreement is not always possible and relocation matters can oftentimes become highly contested. You need an attorney who is experienced in litigating these types of cases, and our firm has a track record of successful outcomes in these very difficult situations.
Contact an Experienced Child Custody Attorney to Help You Navigate Your Relocation
If you need to relocate with your child it’s important to contact a family law attorney with experience litigating relocation matters. Cases involving relocation of a parent and a child are set very quickly and can be very high stakes cases. Relocation matters often result in drastic changes to the parenting time schedule, so it’s imperative that you are prepared from the outset.
The Law Office of Emily A. Jones is prepared to fight tirelessly to demonstrate not only why your relocation may be necessary but also why relocating with your child is in your child’s best interests.