If you are on either side of a parental relocation question in Greater Phoenix, the advice of an experienced family law attorney can help you understand your rights and avoid mistakes. Contact the Phoenix law firm of Lasiter & Jackson to learn about your options when the parent with sole or primary physical custody plans to move away. If both parents live in Arizona and share custody or parenting time ( visitation ) rights, a custodial parent who wants to move with the child out of state or to a place more than 100 miles away must give the other parent at least 60 days notice of the intended move. The parent receiving notice of the intent to relocate has 30 days to object to the move or seek court intervention. Arizona law gives the court the power to refuse permission to move the child away unless the parent who wants to relocate can show that the relocation is in the child's best interests. In determining what is in the child's best interests, the Court must consider many factors including the impact on the non-custodial parent's parenting time that will result from the long-distance move. The parent proposing the move has the burden of proving that the relocation is in the child's best interests.
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