Family Law Myth #6:"If I don’t like the orders, I’ll just move"

Here is another one of the "Top Ten Common Myths in Family Law." The entire list is available here:
http://www.nataliegregg.com/top-ten-myths-in-family-law/

Myth #6:
If I don’t like the orders, I’ll just move with the kids back to my hometown in Alaska.

You can’t outrun the orders of a Court. Often in Dallas County orders, we include language that restricts parties to “Dallas and contiguous counties,” (meaning Dallas and the touching counties). The reasoning behind keeping parties from a divorce or Suit Affecting Parent-Child Relationship in the Dallas area is to promote co-parenting. The court acknowledges that it would be unnecessarily difficult to co-parent children in Dallas from Alaska.

Once again, you must respect the Court’s decision. If your order has a residency restriction, you MUST adhere to it. The only way to relocate against this residency restriction is to file a modification with a compelling reason to move with the children such as once-in-a-lifetime education, family or work opportunity.

To read about the other commonly held myths related to family law, click here.