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hi, my ex partner is planning on moving to oxford which is a 2 hour drive from where I live, this is to suit her new partner who lives down there. I see my daughter 4 to 5 times a week and have her overnight 2 to 3 times a week and have always provided for her. My ex partner is leaving all her family behing and taking my daughter up there. I just want to know if i would stand a chance of custody seeing as her whole family is here, shes got a settled home with me and is settled in nursery and has anyone got any advice for me, id do anything to keep my daughter down here
Thanks, Tom
i personal would hope you do stand more than but a lot will depend on the current situation and if there is anything legal in place between you and your ex i am sure that there will be others on here that can give u a more in depth response
hi ww and welcome.
I'm afraid there is unlikely to be anything you can to - your ex can move anywhere in the country as long as she isn't moving simply to make contact difficult, which she clearly isn't in your case. A court is also very unlikely to grant you residence unless there are welfare concerns for your daughter where she is living or going to be living.
Your best option at this stage is to try to arrange how contact is going to continue going forwards, holidays with you etc.
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