Legal Question in Family Law in New Mexico

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Can you legally move out of the state with your children, before filing divorce?


Asked on 9/19/08, 1:01 pm

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George Chandler Chandler Law of Los Alamos

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You should get approval of spouse first. Running out of state with the kids is a good way to create complications later in divorce proceedings.

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Answered on 9/21/08, 8:29 pm
George Chandler Chandler Law of Los Alamos

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You may also consider the following: there is a felony called custodial interference:

B. Custodial interference consists of any person, having a right to custody of a child, maliciously taking, detaining, concealing or enticing away or failing to return that child without good cause and with the intent to deprive permanently or for a protracted time another person also having a right to custody of that child of his right to custody. Whoever commits custodial interference is guilty of a fourth degree felony.

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Answered on 9/21/08, 9:22 pm


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