Moving 1.5 hours away

I have a 2 year old daughter (with ex husband) and am currently pregnant with my new partner however he has told me now (at 25 weeks pregnant) that he wants nothing to do with the baby and his behaviour has since changed and is in constant fight mode. I have decided I am going to leave and move in with family who are 1.5 hours away (Aberdeen from Dundee) - where do I stand with ex partner in regards to moving? I know he’s going to kick off and cause a fuss/tell me I’m taking his child from him which I’m not in any way, shape or form. Do I need to seek legal advice?
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1.5h Is he serious? He can come and see kid every single day if he wants to. You go and move with your family, personally I don't think it will be a problem of legal action if he's smart but if he's not you can share custody. He can do the travels so can you. My brother in law does 2 hours just to go to work every day and 2 hours back, so yeah. It can be done if you both want to make it work

I believe as long as the distance is under a certain amount of miles (300 rings a bell but worth double checking) that they cant do anything about a move, if it was further afield then they can apply to the courts to try and stop you but for that amount of distance there’s not much if anything that can stop you x

I had an issue with this recently, moving from Glasgow to Edinburgh. Apparently they are different jurisdictions, so in theory, they can raise a court action stopping you move if on the birth certificate. However if you can ensure there is a plan in place to allow them to see the child, and there is valid reason for you to move (the more the better, family, job, routine) there is less of an argument if court ended up being the route. Hope that helps x

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