Legal Question in Family Law in New York

Re: Relocate and custody of child

You need to consult, face-to-face, with a lawyer.

If you doubt that you can afford to hire an attorney, you should At Least contact the Bar Association in the county where you live to see if they have a referral program. They probably do. Through this program you can arrange an "initial consultation" with an attorney experienced in these issues for a very minimum payment.

You would be under no obligation to hire that attorney.

If you KNOW you cannot afford to hire an attorney, you need to contact the Family Court, right away, to ask about the procedure for filing a request for assigned counsel.

Put otherwise, there are far too many 'variables' / "what-if's" in the scenario you sketch to make it 'reasonable' to try to give you an answer that touches all the bases.

Good luck.

J.M. Hayes

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