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Perspective

Sep. 14, 2012

Decision impacts move-away requests in custody proceedings

Following the ruling in Mark T. v. Jamie Z. family law attorneys can finally make a promise to their clients: custody orders will change if a move-away request is made. By Veronika Melamed of Melamed Law Group PC


By Veronika Melamed


Many child custody issues may arise during the course of a pending family law matter, such as questions of legal custody, physical custody, visitation arrangements, where a child will attend school, or which parent will pay for what extracurricular activities. Few evoke a response as strong as when a request is made for a child to move away with one parent, leaving the other parent behind. Such a "move-away request" is hard on the pa...

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