no
The issue of whether the custodial parent can move the children is very tricky. If you are lucky, it was covered in the custody settlement papers. You need to read the agreement to see if it is there. If not, you need to contact your custody lawyer or family court advisor, and see how you can get an amendment to the agreement papers.
Most states lean toward Joint Legal Custody with primary residential custody
That will depend on the separation agreement. Or it will be specified in the divorce agreement.
It will be very dificult for the father to have joint legal and physical custody on the gounds that he is not avalible. The courts want the two parents to live in the same area to co-parent. He could if he moved back.
When you get a divorce ,if your spouse has moved in with you ,you can ask them to move out and if you have had a child with your ex-spouse your child lives with you or you can have shared custody of the child but if it is a teenager when you and your previous partner get a divorce you will ask them to choose who they will live with and they can either choose you or your ex-spouse or shared custody
You could file for a court date that will address the fact that he is living so far away and that you do not believe that he should maintain joint custody but unless they choose to change the verdict then he still has joint custody.
If you have Joint Legal Custody, then neither parent can physically change residences without the approval of the other. If, per the question, the daughter is living with the father, or the father has "primary" custody, then you can move wherever "you" want, at least in my perception.
I would say it would depend on how old you are and possibly where you live.
Only if approved by the judge.
There are a lot of details needed here. If you had a custody agreement set forth by a court, you could have filed a motion of contempt with that court when your wife left the state with you children, assuming this was prohibited by the custody agreement. If there was no such formal agreement, then your wife was within her rights to move. If, however, there was no divorce proceeding taking place at all, she did deprive you of your right to see your children, but there's not really a civil remedy to that. Your recourse would have been to contact the courts when it happened and file custody papers. The chances that the statute of limitations has expired on any grounds on which you'd intend to sue are very high. You might want to investigate alternatives that are in the best interest of your children, your ex-wife and yourself.
yes, it can yes, it can Depending on the state you live in, in Michigan cohabitation is illegal so if one spouse is living with another person and not married to that person they can lose custody.
No, the orders need to be modified and approved by the court to allow that.