Court Sides with Father Against Child Relocation

Child relocations tend to be contentious and complicated matters. In deciding whether a child should be permitted to relocate with a parent, Colorado courts must determine whether the relocation is in the best interest of the child. 

In this case, our client lived in Colorado and his two young daughters lived in Oklahoma with their mother. The mother was the parent with primary parenting time. She had moved several times over the last few years and kept switching the children's school. As a result, the girls had started to fall behind. Our client sought school-year parenting time for the children's stability and education.

Our family law team successfully defended against the mother's motion to relocate with the children. They now live primarily with our client in Colorado and will spend summers and holidays with their mom in Oklahoma.