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When circumstances have changed, the court allows you to file to have the existing orders changed, to modify custody and/or modify child support. You must be able to clearly demonstrate that there has been a material and substantial change in circumstances, involving yourself, the other parent, or the minor child.

Based in child custody laws governing in the state of Idaho, there is no age limit for a child to decide which parent he or she wants to live with. The court usually considers the child's wishes provided that the child is mature enough to make sound reasoning and independent preferences in parenting schedule.

The father and mother of a legitimate unmarried minor child are equally entitled to its custody, services and earnings. If either the father or mother be dead or be unable or refuse to take the custody or has abandoned his or her family, the other is entitled to the child's custody, services and earnings.

What happens if a parent wants to relocate with the children? A parent is always free to move, but if a parent wants to take the children along, over the other parent's objection, the matter will end up in court, where a judge will decide if the children should relocate as well.

This must be submitted to the local court clerk's office with the other required case documents, including the parenting plan agreement. The filing fee for an initial custody case is $166. Depending on the county, attending a parenting class may be required after filing the papers.

For an Idaho birth, a person believed to be the father of a child may acknowledge he is the father by signing a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity in front of a notary. The court may then order child support without further proceedings.