www.virginiadivorceattorney.com The courts are going to call that relocation and when they go to look at relocation case, they’re really looking at whats in the childs best interest. A lot of times, our clients will say, well, I want to move home, I can get a better job. Ill have the support of my family and while thats part of the equation as to whats going to be in the childs best interest, thats not the entire equation. So if you’re interested in moving to your hometown and if you think that your spouse is going to have an issue with that, you’re going to really need to show to the court what is going to be in the childs best interest, so what are the schools like, what are the opportunities going to be like for cultural enrichment and if you’re going to be moving out to the country, what are the wonderful things that your child will get to experience there that they wouldnt get to experience here. You’re really going to need to paint that picture of what your childs life will be there and you dont need to explain to the court how you can make out for the fact that the child will now be absent from their other parents, because thats one of the factors that the court really does look at in deciding whether or not theres going to be a relocation allowed, so you’re going to have explain, are we going to have a more extended summer visitation, are we going to have a plan where you’re going to bring the child back to the current locations so that his or her father can visit …