# Custody & Moving

**URL:** <https://forum.rosen.com/t/custody-moving/23863>\
**Category:** Divorce and Separation Answers\
**Created:** [August 5, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/custody-moving/23863 "2026-08-05T14:15:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cashout](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.rosen.com/cashout/32/547_2.png) [@Cashout](https://forum.rosen.com/u/Cashout)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/custody-moving/23863/1 "2026-08-05T14:15:55Z")

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I’m planning to relocate for a new job. Right now we have joint custody and I’ve informed my coparent of moving and proposed a new schedule. I have to start the job earlier than my new place will ready. I prefer to let my child stay home in school until my new place is ready. While I stay in a airbnb during the week, then back home on weekends. Is it possible for the coparent to use me leaving for one month against me? My child could keep his same schedule with my parents and his dad while I’m away during the week.

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**Author:** ![Anna\_Ayscue](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.rosen.com/anna_ayscue/32/9_2.png) [@Anna\_Ayscue](https://forum.rosen.com/u/Anna_Ayscue)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/custody-moving/23863/2 "2026-08-26T19:45:37Z")

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Needing to relocate early for a job can’t necessarily be used against you, but you would need a new child custody order in the event a relocation would cause the current custody schedule to be impractical or impossible to follow.

Ensure that your current custody order does not have any right of first refusal provisions in it that must be invoked in the event you are unable to personally care for your child during current custodial periods.

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**Anna Ayscue**

Attorney with Rosen Law Firm Cary • Chapel Hill • Durham • Raleigh • Wake Forest

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