Oh this is that TOUGH one for us for sure .... part of run your business like a business is customer service, loyalty and creating positive word of mouth about your business.

As providers we constantly complain on forums and in networking sessions about those clients who give us BARE MINIMUM notice of termination depsite having known for months that they were moving, getting a job transfer, pregnant or what not and as a result that 'two weeks notice' is not leaving us time for find clients without a loss in income .... however in cases like this where the client has be honest and given LOTS of notice that they are going to have to leave cause they are moving out of your area it seems a shame that they could potentially get burned for being honest by getting terminated early before they are prepared to leave and in the middle of the stress of the relocation - specially if they have been GOOD clients all this time ... this is where that business loyalty to a customer and word of mouth about business comes in ... every time a provider terminates a client soley for a 'better client' because you know they are leaving anyway is WHY so many clients give 'bare minimum notice' to other providers ... they hear from other parents who use daycare 'do not tell your provider you are leaving until the last possible moment or she might terminate you on the spot for a replacement client' ... and we all pay the price for that

Ultimately your business and your choice ... but for me once I have made a commitment to a client unless they do something that is grounds for termination under my contract I would not terminate just 'because' they were moving, or pregnant or about to be heading to school or any of those reasons why we would no 'in advance' that the relationship was coming to an end soon ... I personally would explain to the prospective client that you were advertizing f or a 'future space' but the space is not YET available and you will not be 100% sure when as the currently client is still in the process of relocation and has not secured a new provider and that they will give you the formal notice when that time occurs .... if they cannot 'wait' and need immediate care than they were not 'meant' to be IMO and I would keep looking for a client who needs care 'down the road' to fill the space.