Legal Question in Family Law in California

Wait until you are served with the paperwork. You won't know what she is requesting until you get the papers. If this is the initial paperwork (Summons, Petition, Declaration Under UCCJEA), you will have thirty days from the day you are handed the paperwork to file an answer. If this is a Request for Order, you will have a different response deadline. In any regard, until you are served with the documents, you won't know what you are dealing with.