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25 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 255 (2004-2005)
Have Kids, Might Travel: The Need for a New Roadmap in Illinois Relocation Cases

handle is hein.journals/niulr25 and id is 269 raw text is: Have Kids, Might Travel: The Need for a New Roadmap in Illinois Relocation Cases TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 255 II. NATIONAL APPROACHES TO CUSTODY RELOCATION ..................... 259 III. THE HISTORY OF CUSTODY RELOCATION LAW IN ILLINOIS ........... 262 A. EARLY CASES AND STATUTES .................................................. 262 B. BEST INTEREST GUIDELINES UNVIEILED: IN RE MARRIAGE OF ECKERT .................................................................................... 267 C. POST-ECKERT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ILLINOIS DISTRICT CO U RTS ..................................................................................... 270 D. INDIRECT BENEFITS: IN RE MARRIAGE OF COLLINGBOURNE ..................................................................... 273 IV. THE NEED FOR STATUTORY GUIDELINES IN REMOVAL CASES...... 279 A. THE UNFORTUNATE RAMIFICATIONS OF A SILENT RELOCATION STATUTE ............................................................ 282 B. A NEW ROADMAP: SUGGESTIONS FOR THE REVISION OF SECTION 609 ........................................................................... 292 V . C ONCLUSION .................................................................................... 294 I. INTRODUCTION One of the most controversial family law topics is the issue of child custody relocation. Relocation litigation' addresses the ability of a custo- dial parent to move with minor children to a different state, away from the non-custodial parent.2 A number of social factors have converged to bring relocation litigation to the forefront. Roughly one half of marriages in the United States end in divorce,3 with more than 1.1 million couples filing for 1. The term relocation litigation, for the purpose of this comment, is used to de- scribe cases dealing with a custodial parent's ability to relocate with minor children to a different state over the objection of a non-custodial parent. Scholarship addressing reloca- tion litigation, as well as some state statutes, frequently use the terms relocation and re- moval interchangeably. There is no distinction between the two terms as used hereinafter. 2. See Sondra Miller, Whatever Happened to the Best Interests Analysis in New York Relocation Cases?, 15 PACE L. REv. 339, 340 (1995) (using a similar definition of relocation litigation in its most elemental form.). 3. Rose M. Kreider & Jason M. Fields, NUMBER, TIMING AND DURATION OF

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