What happens when one parent moves away?
It is increasingly common to see divorced parents who are living some distance apart. Oregon does not place many legal restrictions on custodial parents moving with the children. As a result, the custodial parent may move hundreds or even thousands of miles away. This distance may cause great difficulty in effectuating healthy parenting time. It is important to recognize that these problems are not necessarily legal. Some common practical problems include an inability to facilitate transportation due to financial strain or a lack of work schedule flexibility. The age of the children can also create distance-parenting problems. Younger children tend to benefit by frequency rather than duration of parenting time. Older children are often hesitant to miss planned activities in their home towns in exchange for a visit with their parent. Many parents have difficulty accepting the solutions to these practicality problems. A good example is the parent who asks for every other weekend when the
