I would like some advise please. Background: Separated after 20 years in 2006, divorced 2010. Four kids from marriage with shared custody and equal access. Two oldest live with their dad and rarely see me, parental alienation is at play here. Two youngest court ordered visitation of every other week. Having said that, the second my 3rd son turned 12 he chose to live full-time with his dad. All three boys are scared of him and rarely see me.
In 2003, before we were separated, we were transferred to a suburb from another city because of his work. No family in the area. We live in this suburb while both of us, our oldest son, and my fiancé all currently work the same metropolitan center. My fiancés two children live in metro as well.
My two youngest kids go to school in the aforementioned suburb (second oldest just graduated high school). I told my ex last year I wanted to move to the metro and transfer the kids to a better school there but he refused school transfer citing the high crime rate (statistically no higher than the suburb we live in). Given the inane excuse, I knew I was in for a fight so I backed off and continued to drive the 2+ hour/day commute.
Current: Next fall my daughter is moving to another school (elementary to middle). Her best friend is moving to metro and I would love to do the same with her. I would again like to broach the subject of moving/school transfer. My plan is to move to an area central to where we all work and very close to an excellent school for my daughter. How would I go about doing this? Would this be feasible in court?
As an aside, my second son will be going to post-secondary as well (very close to where I want to relocate) and I told him he can live with us to drastically cut down his commute during the week. Who knows if he takes my offer, his fear of making his dad mad is still deep even though he is now 18.
In 2003, before we were separated, we were transferred to a suburb from another city because of his work. No family in the area. We live in this suburb while both of us, our oldest son, and my fiancé all currently work the same metropolitan center. My fiancés two children live in metro as well.
My two youngest kids go to school in the aforementioned suburb (second oldest just graduated high school). I told my ex last year I wanted to move to the metro and transfer the kids to a better school there but he refused school transfer citing the high crime rate (statistically no higher than the suburb we live in). Given the inane excuse, I knew I was in for a fight so I backed off and continued to drive the 2+ hour/day commute.
Current: Next fall my daughter is moving to another school (elementary to middle). Her best friend is moving to metro and I would love to do the same with her. I would again like to broach the subject of moving/school transfer. My plan is to move to an area central to where we all work and very close to an excellent school for my daughter. How would I go about doing this? Would this be feasible in court?
As an aside, my second son will be going to post-secondary as well (very close to where I want to relocate) and I told him he can live with us to drastically cut down his commute during the week. Who knows if he takes my offer, his fear of making his dad mad is still deep even though he is now 18.
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