text: i am divorced, can i move out of indiana to canada taking my 13 y/o son? i am divorced, with sole physical custody and joint legal of my 13 y/o son. i am going to marry my canadian boyfriend and move my son and i there to live with him. my son loves my boyfriend and wants to move there too. can my ex husband stop me from moving our son to canada or try to take custody away from me? he didn't want custody before and my son doesn't want to live with him. my son doesn't have any close family ties with his father's family, and in my family is really only close to my own mom. we would be moving to canada, but it's only 600 miles from where my ex lives. it's about a 2 hour plane trip. if you have joint legal custody, your ex can challenge your move to canada.  however, it sounds like your ex doesn't really want anything to do with your son, and vice versa.   i would advise you to seek out an attorney and get a good, solid legal opinion on this before doing anything.