An unwed mother could not be ordered to relocate back to the state with her child in order to accommodate the father’s right to visitation, the Missouri Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.

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2010 was a busy year for family law and its practitioners. The economy – last year’s biggest story – continued to play its part, but other issues also crowded the headlines.

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A mother may relocate with her children to Florida if she pays for and provides access to Skype visitation with a real-time broadcast between her children and their father, a New York trial court has ruled.

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A British father had the right to challenge his child’s relocation to the U.S. from Chile under an international treaty governing child abduction, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a 6-3 decision.

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A divorced mother did not have to show that her relocation was in the best interest of her children – even though it resulted in their having to transfer to schools 60 miles away, the Michigan Supreme Court has ruled ...

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A mother can move with her child out of state despite the objections of the child’s father, the Illinois appellate court has ruled.

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A divorced mother was not entitled to a custody order prospectively authorizing her relocation to another state once her child reached the age of three, the Florida Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.

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The court doesn’t have the authority to prevent a parent from moving out of state, the Idaho Supreme Court has ruled in reversing an order preventing a divorced parent from moving.

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