Legal Question in Family Law in Texas
If you have Joint Custody and the other parent leaves the state without notifying you what action can you take and who would you contact? If this Custody was taken place in a specific county do you have to go to that same Attorney General office or can you go to a local Attorney Generals office in your county?
2 Answers from Attorneys
You can go ahead and contact the Attorney General, but they won't help you with this particular problem.
You'll want to read the last order and see what provisions of it were violated, and then file a motion for contempt. You may have other remedies available to you also.
Nothing magical happens when one party moves. The current orders stay in place until one of you modifies.
If you want to modify the current orders, then you will need to hire a private attorney and modify the current orders.
I would run a private attorney's office with a certified copy of the current court order in your hand and have an attorney explain to you what is in place and what you can do if you want to change it. I WOULD DO THAT NOW!
Once the party has moved away for 6 months with the kid -- then the case can be moved to the new county or state. You did not state in your facts if this is the case or not so I'm not sure what you should do.
So...run...run...NOW!
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