Can My Wife Move With The Kids To Another State?

Question: My wife left our state for a supposed vacation recently. When I arrived to join her on vacation, she told me she would not be moving back home and that she wanted a divorce. Blindsided! We have not yet filed for divorce, but I want to know what rights …

4 Beliefs that Can Turn Divorce into a Nightmare

Divorce rituals change from culture to culture and over time. In some areas of Japan, couples write their separation wishes on paper and flush them down the toilet, along with the marriage. In the United States, changes in our belief systems have had a radical effect on the state of …

Can I Find Out if My Ex Took Our Child Out of State?

Question: My son told me he went on vacation to another state. His mother never told me they would be going out of state. When I asked her about it, she said that he must have been dreaming. My son is eight years old, and he knows the difference between …

Switching Guardianship from a Grandparent to Parents Again

Question: My daughter lived with her grandmother for the last 13 years on a temporary guardianship that her mother signed without my consent. My daughter, her mother and her grandmother all live in a separate state than me. Now, my daughter has moved in with me in my state. My …

Wife moved kids out of state; which state are they residents in?

Question: At the end of last year, my wife moved and took the kids to live in another state without telling me or asking me first. In May of this year, I filed a divorce with the court system in the state where I live and where she used to …

Validity of Mediation Agreements and Jurisdictional Limitations

Question: We reached a memorandum of understanding in mediation that neither party will seek to change jurisdiction of the case. We have both moved out of the original issuing state and now live in the same state albeit in separate homes. My ex-wife wants to modify child support through the …

Jurisdiction Confusion In Child Custody Cases

Question: My ex-wife lives in another state and rarely has communication with our child, who primarily lives with me even though he lived with his mother in another state when the initial custody determination was made. I would like to modify custody to reflect the changes in living arrangements, but …

Which State Controls Jurisdiction If Parties Have Moved?

Question: After our divorce and child support was ordered to me, my ex-wife and child moved to another state and I also moved to a different state so the original jurisdiction no longer applies. I recently received child support enforcement and modification paperwork from the state I now live. So …

Wife Fled State With Child During Middle Of Child Custody Case

Question: My wife and I signed a separation agreement after we filed for divorce that I would get custody of our child, but she fled the state the other day with him and won’t return. My son lived exclusively with me for almost a year without even a visit from …

Jurisdiction When All Parties Have Moved Out Of State

Question: My divorce and child custody case with my ex-wife was decided in one state, however, we all have since moved across the river to another state. If I am looking to modify the parenting time schedule, then which state should I bring my action: the original issuing state that …