| Debi |
| (Carpal \'Tunnel) |
| 10/26/08 06:58 PM |
Re: stopping a move
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MAke a list of reasons why it's in the best interest of your daughter to remain where she is. I agree it's a no brainer but things in black and white make better sense. Her relationship with you, her brothers, any other extended family on your side in the area. Stability. Who cares for her during the day (daycare?) How attached is she to her teachers? Ask people who know you as a parent to write letters. Church members, daycare workers, Doctors, exs if you have a good relationship.
She will also have to come up with why it's in the best interest of the child to move away. I can't really think of any in the situation you provided. I'm not sure how CO is but many states are beginning to frown on move aways that reduce parenting time.
I can vouch for how imoprtant it is for you to see your daughter all the time. I have a 1yo, I live in WI, her father lives in TN. No one moved away, he always lived there but was here for work often when we were together. We keep in close contact and she does enjoy hearing him on the phone and listening to him reading her stories on tape. We also have fun playing with the web cam, but it's not a relationship. I take her to see him as much as possible and we have agreed that as soon as she is potty trained she will start spending extended periods of time with him (he won't do diapers! LOL ) It's hard though and I wish that at the very least we lived close enough so he could spend as much time (up to 50%) as he wanted with her.