Family,
California Supreme Court,
Appellate Practice
Jun. 25, 2018
Child custody and the relocating parent
It may be time to move away from a precedent set by the California Supreme Court over two decades ago.
Sarah Hofstadter
Of Counsel
California Appellate Law Group LLP
96 Jessie Street
San Francisco , California 94105
Phone: (415) 649-6700
Email: sarah@calapplaw.com
Stanford Univ Law School
Sarah Hofstadter is of counsel with the California Appellate Law Group LLP, an appellate boutique based in San Francisco. She spent more than a dozen years as a research and staff attorney for jurists on the California Courts of Appeal and the 9th Circuit. Find out more about Sarah and the California Appellate Law Group LLP at www.calapplaw.com
APPELLATE ZEALOTS
A child custody "move-away" case is one in which a divorced, separated or unmarried parent seeks to move to a distant location and bring his or her children along, thereby separating them geographically from their other parent. The California Supreme Court's current approach to these cases is flawed, outdated, and in dire need of revision. The court originally developed the standard in 1996, in a case in which the custodial p...
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