State to State Responding

[merigrl824]

My husband who is a California resident, has filed divorce and custody papers on me in California after signing and having notorized Texas divorce papers with different custody request. I am a Texas resident and while we had the papers notorized, I never filed them. Do my notorized papers have any standing? How should I rspond out of state? Can I get my case transferred to Texas?

 

[mistoffolees]

My husband who is a California resident, has filed divorce and custody papers on me in California after signing and having notorized Texas divorce papers with different custody request. I am a Texas resident and while we had the papers notorized, I never filed them. Do my notorized papers have any standing? How should I rspond out of state? Can I get my case transferred to Texas?

Unless the TX papers have been filed with the court, they're largely meaningless.

However, please lay out a time line. When was something filed in TX? Is the case still open? When was the CA case opened? If the TX case is still open, you can pursue getting that finished rather than closing it and dealing with CA.

 

[LdiJ]

Unless the TX papers have been filed with the court, they're largely meaningless.

However, please lay out a time line. When was something filed in TX? Is the case still open? When was the CA case opened? If the TX case is still open, you can pursue getting that finished rather than closing it and dealing with CA.

Also, where do the child(ren) live? If they live in CA, TX has no jurisdiction over the children (assuming they have lived there for at least 6 months), if they live in TX, then CA has no jurisdiction over the children (assuming the same 6 months issue).

 

[mistoffolees]

Also, where do the child(ren) live? If they live in CA, TX has no jurisdiction over the children (assuming they have lived there for at least 6 months), if they live in TX, then CA has no jurisdiction over the children (assuming the same 6 months issue).

It's even more complicated than that. For example, if the children had lived in CA for 6 months and ex filed in CA - and then the children moved, CA would still have jurisdiction as long as the case remained open - even if the kids were in TX for 6 months.

OP needs to provide a detailed timeline.