Legal Question in Family Law in Illinois

My wife and I reside in State B for the past 5 months. In her divorce from her first husband she was granted sole care and custody of their son. We fought a long and expensive battle with her ex when I was offered a better job in State A for my step son to move out of Illlinois to State A. It was granted. Six months after my wife and step son arrived in State A I was offered an extremely well paying job in State B and I accepted it. We once again had to go to court for my step son to now move from State A to State B because it was 200 miles farther from his fathers house than State A was. It was granted by the courts. We provide all transportation from our home in State B to her ex-husbands home in Illinois every month and holiday for his visitations. My question is that we would like to have the case jurisdiction transferred from Illinois to State B. What do we need to do to file a motion by ourselves and where can I find what the law is. Do we have to file in in State B or Illinois or both?

Thank you for your time


Asked on 12/01/10, 5:53 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jonathan Shimberg Shimberg and Crohn, P.C.

If dad still lives in another state, that state's laws govern. Without knowing that your question is impossible to answer, you can register the prior orders, but IL has no jurisdiction over Dad, even if you register the orders.

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Answered on 12/07/10, 10:12 am


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