Legal Question in Family Law in California

My sister moved to texas after getting married and is living with her in laws. After few months of marriage the mother started abusing, verbally, her. Few months later the sister in law decided to move in with her family and husband and since then they have been torturing her, neglecting her which is affecting her mental state. The worse of all she has a 6 months old baby, who she watches all by her self. She gets no help from any body and is constantly yelled, tortured and neglected. on top of that the husband abandoned his daughter and left to canada so he doesnt have to fulfill his responsibilities.

We are in process of getting her back to california and I want to sue them for child support and sue them for the torture they gave my sister.


Asked on 1/26/10, 1:10 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

If you want to take action immediately, you will have to find a Texas attorney and file in Texas. California will not recognize jurisdiction until your sister has lived back in California for six months. Even then, California will only have jurisdiction over the the divorce, and child and spousal support. If your sister has any cause of action against the in-laws (not very likely, but since it was in Texas you'll have to ask a Texas attorney about their laws), she will have to file that law suit in Texas, since the abuse was done in Texas by Texas citizens. So California will never have jurisdiction over the abuse claims.

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Answered on 1/31/10, 2:05 pm


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