how do the courts view a non involved ncp?

[greatdad24]

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[defaultuser]

I would expect the court to give her some < parenting time >, no matter what. I would think she has very little now, and if she hasn't been coming, you stand a good chance of the temporary orders being made permanent or even give her more time, like every other weekend plus one night per week. I would be very surprised if the court took away time from her, because that would be getting very near to stripping her of parental rights.

As far as relocation, that is a state specific issue. Some states you can move pretty easily, others are nearly impossible.

Although... if you were in a place that wouldn't let you move, you could always take the risk and tell her you'd leave the kid with her if she won't let you go. If she can't handle that and she knows it, you can kind of do what you want.

[newwife]

Normally, in order to take < parenting time > from a parent altogether-the parent must do something bad to the child(like abuse). even then, it's usually supervised, not totally taken away.
If you know going into the hearing you want to move-inform your lawyer and see if he can put something into the proposed agreement.

[stretchkr]

Cant give advice, but good for you for being a father to your child in the face of the mother basically abandoning you when your child was 3 months old. My stbx was normal back when my kids were that young, and it would have been so difficult without her help. Kudos bro.