<p>Another thing…while the mom understandably doesn’t want to move to Chicago and away from her cancer treatment team…</p>
<p>But let’s say she can’t win an appeal and her ONLY option to be near her kids is to move to Chicago…well, then, if the dad really really cares about his children and what this will mean to them, he would foot the cost of her relocation! He should want the mom in their lives for the kids’ sake even if he can’t stand her or doesn’t give a care about her needs.</p>
<p>Fortunately, I never went through divorce with minor children or any custody settlements. But I have always believed that if I was ever in that situation and if I truly detested my spouse, I would never ever keep the other parent from my children’s lives because of the importance that the kids have a relationship with that parent too. I’d do that for my kids’ sake. And this is without an ill/dying parent!</p>