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Yes I am telling you that until a court proves otherwise, your child’s father has equal rights. Meaning he can’t just move with the child so why should you be able to. If it’s an urgent case and you need to get out of the house, find a place in town until the court issues are solved. You don’t get any legal right to just leave and “figure it out legally eventually”. I see this everyday and it backfired on the parent who just decides it’s up to them to make this decision. The best advice I can give you (in a legal position) is get a lawyer and do it properly before you do anything else.

"I’m not looking for opinions.. I’m looking for advice. "  
 
But you have posted on a public forum, and really any 'advice' from anyone other than a lawyer that you have a client-lawyer relationship with, is just a 'opinion'. This is not the type of situation that can be resolved without legal agreements.

I was taking him away permanently. He loves his father but would be best in my care. To the first few commenters that actually gave good advice to me on the topic, thank you.

Opinions and advice are not the same but thanks.

Who says your son might be best in your care? You? Let the courts decide and please get some legal advice. Don't criticize people that might have an opinion on a message board if you are not going to a lawyer for advice.  
 
As CURLYSISTER implied, if you come onto a public forum, expect many different comments. Have some common sense.

If the father were to post on here, he might very well tell us that HE is the one who could best provide a stable home for your son at this point in time. Just because you want him with you does not make you the best guardian at this time. Maybe you are, maybe you aren't. This topic is only your opinion. The father's opinion may be quite different. That is why you need a lawyer, and court approval for custody and moving out of province. You do not get to make the decision now and just dismiss the father for "someday". Are you expecting child support payments?

That know the difference between an opinion and advice. And I thank them. I would be the better parent because I know what his father is like... so this post could be closed now.

Spaghetti Monster  
Curly sue  
Kelleye  
Cassie1668  
 
You have no F*ckin Clue what he is like. I’m leaving him for a reason.. so go F*ck Yourselves.

.....I have no idea what he is like. But I am getting an impression about what you are like.  
 
You are a person who, when faced with one of the most important decisions in your, and more importantly your child's life, turns to a public forum and seek advise from complete strangers who know nothing of the situation.  
 
You are a person who, when confronted with the very advice YOU solicited, are hostile to those who offer it when it doesn't suit your notions.  
 
You are a person who, is willing to use foul language, thinly disguised as it was, to further antagonize those who offered, in good faith I might add, what advice they could so that you might be better able to navigate through your difficult situation.  
 
As I said before, good luck with your efforts. It appears you will need it.

You do give us a very good impression of what you are like. Based on that I would be inclined to say I rather feel bad for your partner.  
 
And by the way...you should know that I do work in the legal field...with a family lawyer. However-i do not give legal advice. No lawyer is likely to give you free legal advice on a public forum-and like it or not you have been given some very bad suggestions on here. You should know-advice is not always what you want to hear.. and opinions are not always wrong. I hope the father has already contacted a lawyer, since it sounds like you did tell him you are planning to leave the province with his son.

From the Province of Manitoba website.  
'Parental Abduction  
Where one parent has a court order of custody of a child under 14 and the other parent takes the child away without the custodial parent’s consent, that parent may be charged with abduction. A charge may also be laid if one joint custodial parent takes the child away without the consent of the other joint custodial parent or a parent with an access order. Even where there is no Canadian court order of custody, and one parent takes a child under 14 away from the other parent without the other’s consent, 3 he or she may be charged with abduction under the Criminal Code of Canada if the Minister of Justice (or designate) consents to this.  
 
There are a number of situations where a charge of abduction may be laid if there is no other Canadian custody order. One is where the parents and child have been living together and suddenly one parent takes the child out of Manitoba without the other’s consent, intending to deprive the other of his or her rights as a parent. The second most common situation is where separated parents have agreed in the past that the child is to live with one of them. Unless that parent consents, the other cannot later decide to take the child away without a court order.  
 
A parent charged with abduction may have a defence to the charge if the action was taken to protect the child or the parent from danger, or the other parent agreed he or she could take the child. A Canada-wide warrant may be issued for the arrest of the abducting parent. If convicted of the charge, the parent may be imprisoned for up to ten years.'  
 
https://www.gov.mb.ca/fs/childcare/resources/custody_arrangements.html