Moving to AK with child

If there is nothing in your order that prevents you from moving, then you are free to do so. However, you should inform your spouse within a reasonable period of time before you move. He may file a lawsuit and ask the court to force you to remain in the state, however if he is in the military and moves often it is unlikely the court will order you to remain here.

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I’m planning to move to Alaska with my STBH… I went through all of my paperwork concerning my joint custody of my minor child. I have physical custody and my ex has only visted twice in the last 2 yrs… he does however have visitation rights to her every 1st and 3rd weekend and alternating holidays, etc. If there is nothing in my divorce decree saying I can not move out of state with my daughter, is there another law that I need to be aware of before doing so? Our move is scheduled for Feb. 08, so i want to make sure everything is in order… I have not yet informed my ex husband, he is military and currently deployed to iraq, however I know he will try to tell me I can not legally relocate with our child. (as he did so in the past when I moved 45 mins out of town).

I also want to add I have been documenting every encounter with my exhusband since he and I seperated (8 pages worth of broken promises to visit with our child), just in case.

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Ms. Crystal