Once you have received a final judgment in your divorce or paternity action, you may decide that you wish to move and to take the minor child(ren) with you. Florida Statute 61.13001 controls a parent’s ability to relocate with the minor child(ren). If the parents agree to allow the minor child(ren) to relocate, then a […]
Category: Relocation
Lessons Learned in Divorce Litigation
To paraphrase Santayana: those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat it. Here are a few of the lessons I have learned in almost two and a half decades of divorce litigation: Wait too long to file for divorce/modification/enforcement. The date of filing a divorce has the important distinction of […]
Vaelizadeh v. Hossaini
In Vaelizadeh v. Hossaini the 4th DCA tackled the issue of an untimely objection to relocation. The trial court found that the Father’s objection to the proposed relocation was untimely and thus entered a final judgment allowing the relocation, but the appellate court reversed and remanded the case for five reasons: The father had filed […]