Re: Court Orders - Void?

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On 3/27/07, Stephanie wrote:
> Here's the case - we have court orders from KY where the
> Father has "joint" custody & Mother has "physical primary"
> custody with alternating holidays and so on. In the last
> part of the orders it specifically says that if the Mother
> moves the child to a new state she is to notify the father
> and then submit a motion to KY court to move the case to
> the new state. So my question is - If she did not follow
> through with submitting a motion to KY and moving the case
> to the new state - are the KY orders now void for the
> Mother (as far as primary physical custody)? The case is
> much more complex than this, but I happen to be reading
> over KY orders and thought I would see if that would hold
> any water in the Fathers persuit to even be able to see
> his child. If anyone knows, please respond as soon as
> possible. Thanks!!!
States have what's called "full faith and credit" where they
honor court rulings from other states. otherwise everytime
one moved out of state, they'd have to get divorced again.
or married. or whatever. so the state mom's moved to would
most likely honor the custody order from KY. However,
finding her and then finding an attorney to take the case
may be more difficult than getting the court to go along
with the arrangement. if the state she's in does not have
shared parenting for example, they won't be able to do it.
hopefully it's a border state and the jurisdiction is used
to this kind of moving across the river type of arrangement.