(04-10-2019 06:22 AM)Z-Fly Wrote: The thing I can't get out of my mind is that he's moving away from his daughter. It's definitely none of my business, but I keep putting myself in his shoes. Unless he's taking his ex-wife with him, I just can't wrap my mind around packing up and leaving my daughter behind. I'm sure it happens all the time in the business. Maybe I've just never known the details like I do with Mick.
I don't know about Mick, but I'm a divorced dad of two boys, who had to leave the immediate area they live in due to work...
It's hard. But the reality is that sometimes that's the way it is. Don't forget that, as kids grow up, the dynamics all change as well. My eldest is entering high school. He's planning on playing football...and basketball. Currently, I "get" them every-other-weekend. Care to guess what's going to happen starting in the fall when FB games are played on the weekends? But the reality is also that their "need" to see me is going to also decrease.
So, working out a new Custody/ "Parenting Plan" is unavoidable at this point. We'll probably move more to a "Fall/Spring Break" and a solid chunk of the summer arrangement, where I get more concentrated periods of time instead of days spread-out through the year. And, yes...child support is determined through a formula that is determined by "Amount of time in custody."
I'm guessing Mick is juggling all this as well. Sammy has to be what...16 or 17? Moving to LA probably isn't the same thing as when she was little. Not only that, in WV, the "age of decision," where the minor child can determine custody arrangement, is 14. Now, I confess that I have no knowledge of Ohio state law, but I'd guess that it is somewhat similar. So, maybe Mick and Sammy have had this conversation and she told him to "Go for it."