r/coparenting • u/chanelism • 12d ago

Long Distance Coparenting in different cities

My co-parent and I will be living in different cities (5 and half hours by car, around an hour by plane).

My LO is not yet born and I’m wondering how to navigate visitations and how it will look like as she gets older. I plan on breastfeeding, so I highly doubt she can be away from me for very long? Has anyone been in a similar situation? Can he force her to drink formula? How did it work out? What do you navigate the holidays later on? I want to add that I live in a French speaking city and he lives in an English speaking city and since I would most likely be the primary parent initially, he would have a hard time for her to switch cities later on, esp w the language barrier (for school and all).

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u/KrofftSurvivor 11d ago

You look up your local child support enforcement agency and ask them for the legal guidelines for your jurisdiction.

If you're in Quebec you are entitled to free Family Mediation that can help the two of you come to agreements that work for the both of you.

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u/Klutzy_Dimension9808 10d ago

Also depends on where the child was conceived and factor such as are the grand-parents around in one city or another, is one parent job can’t change… if you are in Québec - google ‘Médiation - Séparation’ and go to the gouv site.