Legal Question in Family Law in Illinois

Visitation...travel arangements
Upon my divorce, my ex wife moved approx 3 hours away to live with her mother and took my son with her. She is the custodial parent. We have a visitation agreement where I get my son every other weekend and holidays are also split up. I openly admit to my naivety when the papers were filed and basicly agreed. Now I am stuck driving 3 hours to pick my son up and 3 hours home for visits and the same for taking him home. I end up spending 12 hours of my 48 hour visit in the car.

This has been the situation for about four and a half years. Is there any way to get this changed where the travel arangments are split 50/50? My ex, for obvious reasons, has no intentions of getting in the car to drive my son to see me. If there is a way to change this, such as a precident, what are the odds of getting this changed?

If the information is pertinant, I live in the Chicagoland area and my ex lives in the Springfeild area. Thank you in advance for any help with this matter.

Asked on 7/28/03, 7:55 pm

Mary McDonagh McDonagh-Faherty Law Offices

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Re: Visitation...travel arangements

You can always ask to amend the custody arrangement - the court always looks to the best interests of the child.

Answered on 7/29/03, 10:51 am

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