Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

how can we speed up the process of the attorney general in changing a custody order if the other parent cant be found. The child has lived with the father for a year and the mom is still getting child support. The father lost his job so was not able to pay the child support even though the child was living with him and the courts ended up putting a lien on his accounts and took all the money and gave it to her for the back pay in child support. She took the child off of medicaid since he was not living with her so now they are taking more money from him for back pay for medical. He has filed another case with the attorney general here in dallas, texas but nothing has been done cause they can not locate her. We don't know her exact where abouts but know she lives in a shelter now.

Asked on 8/28/14, 11:37 am

Keith Engelke Law Office of S. Keith Engelke

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First the attorney general is notoriously slow. They have a lot clients. Second, the attorney general usually deals with child support, not custody.

It sounds like the AG wants to change the custody order because the child is living with the non-custodial parent.

It may be possible to serve the mother by publication. However the attorney general's office should know what to do.

Answered on 8/28/14, 1:17 pm

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