Posted by Jolene on 2/14/09

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I have a daughter that resided in SD at the time of her
marriage and when she wanted a divorce she decided to move
out of state. Somehow everyone told her that if she moved
she wouldn't be able to take her son, so gullible as she
was she agreed to joint custody with physical custody to
the father since he would remain in the state which would
allow both sets of grandparents and other family members
to stay close to him. So his mother has pretty much taken
over responsibilities for care of this child. It states
in the decree that custody/visitation will state the same
until he turns age 5 and then I believe they are to
revisit the terms again. Since last fall the father has
also moved out of state with his son. My daughter would
like to get physical custody, but lawyers say that because
she willing let father have custody that she will have a
difficult time gaining it back. Also the SD Lawyer says
that it will be costly and that a social worker will have
to travel from SD to her state for inhome visits and that
will also be expensive.

Daughters custody rights, 2/14/09, by Jolene.

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