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My husband is doing government contracting overseas and I have been able to see my step-daughter while he is gone. She is usually here when he comes home for leave. His ex-wife married someone in 2003 and did not divorce him. She has just married someone else and he got orders to move to Hawaii (we live in NC). There never was a custody agreement. Is there anyway that we can keep her from leaving the state of NC?

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Your husband would have to retain an attorney to start a custody action an establish his rights. Then, assuming that the attorney was able to convince the court that both you and your husband have a substantial parent-child relationship with your stepdaughter, the court might refuse to permit the move.

It really comes down to the consistency of the existing relationship. Moreover, we're talking about HAWAII here. If this girl is older than 11, you probably won't be able to stop her from leaving unless the judge orders a ball and chain.

Seriously, though, without your husband maintaining a continuous relationship with the child, it may be very difficult to stop the move.

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Reply to socrateaser's Post: Well he has definitely maintained a continuous relationship with her. She was waiting until the last minute to tell us that she is leaving. I just thought that if we had no other angle to keep her here in this state, that we could use the bigamy factor to our advantage. My husband is overseas and is working with a lawyer to see what can be done, if anything.

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