Legal Question in Family Law in Indiana

Re: Multi-state divorce

Once you are divorced, you are divorced -- usually.

However, was she served in the divorce you filed?

Did she file an answer?

If you have been served papers regarding a divorce, you need to file "an answer" (that's what we call it in Texas) with the court and send a copy to your spouse or her attorney. You need to include information on the divorce you did a couple of years ago. A certified copy of the Final Divorce Decree would be helpful if it is included in your answer as an attachment. At the minumum. you need to let the court know the cause number of your divorce and the style of the case -- names of the parties and the court that heard the divorce.

If you have not been served, I would do the same as I suggested above.

Why is she filing? My crystal ball is hazy today but if you have made a lot of money in the past couple of years she might want some of it!

Best of luck to you.

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Re: Multi-state divorce

How bizarre. If you truly were divorced two years ago, then that's that. He cannot go file a fresh divorce suit someplace else.

Now, he might be requesting a modification of custody or support, but even that must be done in the court of original jurisdiction, unless you both are agreeing to the change to his state (which it doesn't sound like you are) and the original court says it's OK, too.

I would need more info before I could tell you more.

Something sounds fishy, though, and I'm not sure what he's really trying to do.