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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Grateful if someone has an answer to the following.
Suppose I’m divorced with 50% custody of children.
Does that mean I’m forever tied to the location job-wise where my husband is also located? 
That is, I can’t accept overseas job offers as that would effectively prevent his 50% custody?
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My neighbor is in foreign service at State department and she and her ex worked out a schedule during the years she was overseas.  Some years  her son was with her and spent summer/vacation with Dad and some years son stayed stateside with Dad and spent summer/vacation with her.  It changed as his age changed and what he wanted. Once he was in HS he stayed stateside for schooling.

If you can’t come to agreement, then yes you can’t leave the area, let alone the country. [/quote]

Being in foreign service at the State Dept is a completely different situation. And it also sounds like your neighbor had established her career in the foreign service prior to divorce. That's a whole different ball o' wax.

OP is not in the foreign service.

Your last sentence is correct though. OP can try to litigate this in court, but it is very highly unlikely that she would be successful.

[/quote] Of course it could be different, but she did not start at State Department until after the divorce. It was about 5 years after and the child was 5. [/quote]

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