Interesting article on Family Court and moving away from your children's other parent

[FabFiona]

Divvy - are you coming back to this? I find it very interesting and would love to hear more from you.

[Cranky Kitten]

I'd be interested too - we're arranging for DD to come live with us next year and with DH's work there is always an outside possibility of relocation either interstate or even overseas. So far our my arrangements with XP have been amicable and negotiated between ourselves, but you never know.

[sushee]

I moved interstate (for reasons that I don't feel I need to explain) and as a consequence, was forced to leave my almost 6yo son behind with my XH, or risk not being allowed to leave the state at all.

Unless you're in my shoes, you'll never know how hard it was for me to make a decision like that. or even what it's like for me to live with that decision. But staying was not an option either.

The situation is so complicated that I can't even begin to explain it. So please, before anyone judges the person who decides to move away from the other parent (and their child, in my case), just stop and think about it. Life is not two-dimensional and there are so many factors that play a part in people's lives.