California Hates Dads

http://www.glennsacks.com/the_betrayal_of.htm

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California laws, which currently do little to prevent a custodial parent from moving children far away from the noncustodial parent, need to be changed to prohibit any permanent removals done against a deployed military parent's will.

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And then, further down:

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"Sometimes I wonder what I risked my life [in Afghanistan] for. I went to fight for freedom but what freedom and what rights mean anything if a man doesn't have the right to be a father to his own child?"

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Opinions?

if one parent was granted custody then they have the right to move whereever they want. The state can't force someone to live somewhere, it infringes on personal freedom. Parents should make every effort to live near each other and allow the other to remain a good parent, but it's not the governments job to force it.

*edit - the example case in the article is a little different, since they were still married when the wife and child left the state. I'd support forcing them to hold divorce proceedings in the state of last familial residence, as opposed to granting permanent residence in the new state and having proceedings there. But you lose custody you have no more legal right to make the child stay in state.

move out of california

What Stormy said. The custodial parent has right of custody, which isn't the same thing as being imprisoned in a convenient area for the noncustodial parent. How those two get confused I'll never know.

On the other hand, the military thing is a raw deal, a perfect example of a system being exploited. Thing is, when shit writers like this drape the issue in flag and country I just want to dropkick the mother, father, brats, court, and media off the nearest cliff. It's a cut and dried case of a cheap exploit of the law, get that goddamn flag out of my face.

James