Could You Consider Virtual Visitation?
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With technology’s fast development and growing access to the latest tech, many are realizing that there may be more ways to incorporate these newer mediums into other parts of life. Some families after a divorce are looking into ways to keep connected, even if one parents has to move farther away.
In Michigan for example, lawmakers are looking into ways to incorporate the digital mediums into custody agreements. While many are finding that it does help to keep kids and the non-custodial parent connected there are a lot of factors to consider.
The increased use of online video conference technology could add a new twist to a custodial parent’s request to relocate after a divorce, Michigan family law attorney Paul J. Tafelski says.
The issue drew national attention earlier this month when a New York court ordered a woman moving to Florida to use the Skype video conference program so her children could have long-distance visitation with their father.
The mother in the case, Baker v. Baker (New York Law Journal, No. 29610-2007), claimed she needed to move because her home was in foreclosure. The court ordered three Skype communications per week between the father and his two children.
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Divorce and custody can be much more difficult in recent times, especially with the shaky economy making local jobs sometimes impossible to find.
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