California Marital Settlements: April 2003 Summary

Legal Developments

Move-Away Restrictions

Law and Strategy updated to reflect recent cases. Questions 476, 482, 484, 485, 493, and 497. New option added to automatically switch custody in the event of relocation without written permission or a court order. New Questions 494, 498. New option added to explicitly state no restrictions on relocating. Questions 493 and 497.

Child Abduction Risk Factors

Required by Fam. Code § 3048. You may include in the Agreement a statement of which statutory child abduction risk factors are applicable to each party and either waive or require specific preventative measures. New Questions 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534 and 535.