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Hi All,
New to the forum here so hope you can help. Any input would be appreciated. Here's the background...
I have two boys (6 & 10yrs). I have them both every single week Thursday to Saturday and always pay my CM. Occasionally me and my girlfriend juggle plans around to give extra support as does my parents to help with additional childcare etc. last week my ex-wife sent me a long message suggesting they were looking at moving away for various reasons. One being support from her family, who all live away. The main one being her mother who lives 3-3.5 hours away currently, and has never lived closeby in my kids lives.
She often messages me to put me down, or to make a threat about something in order to get her own way. But should this turn into something then I want to know where I stand legally with my kids being taken away, meaning I see them less. When I would see them they would need to travel 6-7 hours roundtrip each time. Would a Prohibition steps order be relevant in these circumstances?
Yesterday she also sent me the 'Parental Responsibility Form' for step-parents for her new husband. What would I be signing over..? I'm worried it would just make their situation more credible should they decide to move away..
Thanks again all,
L
It is possible to try to get an order to prevent her moving, but this is only likely to succeed if she is moving to make contact more difficult (which is still difficult to prove) - if she's moving to be closer to her mother, then a court may well accept this reason, so it could be difficult to prevent this. I assume the move isn't out of the country.
As for PR, I don't see that there is any need to sign this over - you won't be losing any rights/responsibilities that you have as such, but it does mean that her husband can make decisions as far as schools, doctors etc are concerned but if something does happen to your ex wife, then it will certainly complicate matters. It might be worth contacting the Children's legal centre for some free advice on this. - www.coram.org.uk
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