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title: "Can I move with my child after divorce in Québec? ✦ Goldwater Droit"
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  description: "Learn Quebec's laws on moving with your child after divorce. Understand relocation rules, parental notification, and how courts decide based on the child's best interests. Learn your options."
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# Can I move with my child after divorce in Québec?

You can relocate only if the move complies with ss. 16.8–16.96 of the Divorce Act and art. 33 C.c.Q., both centred on the child’s best interests. A relocation is any move likely to significantly affect the child’s relationship with the other parent. The relocating parent must give 60 days’ written notice indicating the move’s date, address, and reasons; the other parent then has 30 days to object. The court decides if the relocation is permitted when parents disagree.

Courts consider the child’s emotional, social, and academic stability; each parent’s involvement and ability to maintain contact; the relocating parent’s motives and planning; any history of family violence; and the feasibility of long-distance parenting. Minor local moves that do not alter the parenting schedule are usually not “relocations,” while moves that change access patterns, schools, or travel time are.

Unauthorized relocation may result in an order to return the child, contempt findings, cost awards, or even a change of custody for breaching court orders.

Divorce Act, ss. 16.8–16.9; C.c.Q. art. 33, 604