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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You and your ex can have joint custody, but you can have SOLE physical custody.  That means that the child resides with you and visits the ex, whether he lives in DC or in Timbuktu. The two of you will work to make major medical and educatonal decisions together.

[b]Put something in the agreement that if either party moves away, the child will be picked up and returned to the home where she is residing (ie your house)[/b]  It will not be up to you to meet him somewhere in the middle of another state.  [/quote]

In mine (we have a long distance plan as we're 1500mi apart), it states that exchanges will take place at a major airport near the child's home. Not sure how old your DC is, but mine was 2 when the plan was written and I had it spelled out that XH (or someone known to DC) is to accompany DC until 8yo on all flights. After 8yo, DC can fly alone, but only on direct flights. We split travel 50/50, tickets are to be purchased by XH, I reimburse and everything has to be finalized at least 30 days in advance or travel doesn't happen. Essentially, the burden is on XH to make the visits happen.

My plan is unusual, usually the parent that moves has to pay 100% of the travel costs and I know some parents split the travel time (who accompanies the kid) and use the airlines' guidelines for unaccompanied minors, which I think is 5yo. My XH is a piece of work though, rarely pays child support and disappears for months at a time. The judge is the one that added some of the stipulations, without me asking or suggesting, to protect DC and me.

We also have a stipulation that if we live less than 100mi apart, the parenting plan/visitation schedule changes and XH gets more time. He does all travel at that point.[/quote]

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