by Glen L. Rabenn

For better or worse, Americans are divorcing and moving in greater numbers than ever. U.S. Government statistics tell us that 28% of all minor children live with one parent, and that every year more than 14,000,000 Americans relocated their residences to another county. So, it is not hard to understand why this issue keeps popping up in divorce courts in virtually every state. The California State Supreme Court's recent decision in Marriage of Lamusga is the latest in a series of California appellate decisions that have dealt with this situation over the last fifty years.

The consequences of a court's ruling in a move-away case can have a profound impact on both parents and their children. Unlike the typical child custody dispute, in which the parents fight over how much time they will each have the children, these cases have an unmistakable "all or nothing" quality to them.

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