Legal Resource Center on Violence Against Women

North Dakota Relocation Statute

N.D. Cent. Code § 14-09-07

    

 

§ 14-09-07.  Residence of child

 

   A parent entitled to the custody of a child may not change the residence of the child to another state except upon order of the court or with the consent of the noncustodial parent, if the noncustodial parent has been given visitation rights by the decree. A court order is not required if the noncustodial parent:

   1. Has not exercised visitation rights for a period of one year; or

   2. Has moved to another state and is more than fifty miles [80.47 kilometers] from the residence of the custodial parent.


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