Status quo will stay in place as long as the kids are with you. You won't lose custody, that is absurd. I have heard and read SOOOOOOO many stories of mothers kidnapping the children and moving out of state. When and if found, nothing really changes except a slap on the wrist. Status quo hold so much weight and courts are way too overburdened. If you go to court a judge will tell you that you cant move and then you are really stuck. If you move after a judge has said no you will be in a lot of trouble. But until that happens it is fairly safe to take the chance. Just be smart and don't let him find you. When your kids are 16, 17, 18... and they decide they'd like to know who their mother is then don't stop them. If the mother is in fact a good parent then you should try to come to an agreement. Just remember, once the courts are in your life there is no getting them out. The more specific a court order becomes, the more impossible it is to reverse it. Stay out of court!