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Jurisdiction If Your Divorce Case Involves Multiple States

Oct 30, 2012

Question:

I am active duty military deployed overseas and have a question concerning jurisdiction of a divorce case involving multiple states.

We lived in Massachusetts for most of our married lives other than in North Carolina where we were stationed before my deployment.

We agreed that while I was deployed she should move with our children to Texas to be around her family because she was pregnant and about to give birth. However, now she says she is not going to return to my station in North Carolina or our other residence in Massachusetts and wants to file for divorce and keep our kids in Texas.

I have no connections to Texas where my wife and children recently moved, am based out of North Carolina, and primarily reside in Massachusetts so which state has jurisdiction in our divorce?

Cordell & Cordell expands to Houston

Oct 01, 2010

Cordell & Cordell’s growing domestic litigation practice focusing on men’s divorce has expanded to Houston and caught the attention of the Houston Business Journal.

The HBJ wrote an article about how the family law firm is giving Houston men considering divorce another option when it comes to legal representation. (Note: you must be a paid subscriber to read the story in its entirety.)

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: My wife fled the state with my daughter without my permission. What can I do?

Dec 30, 2009

Question: My daughter was born in Texas. Her mother took her without my permission/knowledge, and went to Iowa. She has been there almost a week. Now my wife is refusing to come home, and she will not let me see my daughter. What can I do?

Ask a Lawyer: Never divorced her last husband?

Nov 29, 1999

Question:

I would like to know what the procedure is for getting out of a marriage if one finds out that his/her mate never divorced their last spouse. Is it possible to just have the marriage annulled? Also, if I do not have her address and do not know how to find her, can this be done without a lengthy time of trying to have her served?

Answer:

It sounds like your marriage is void, meaning it never existed. In order to have a valid marriage, both parties must be unmarried, if was not then your marriage would be void. You can file a Motion to have your Marriage determined to be void. Texas assumes that all marriages are valid so you will need proof that she was in fact married. You probably can do this with publication service, but you will need to check court rules.

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Ask a Lawyer: Not a legal resident of any state

Nov 29, 1999

Question:

I would like a divorce but have just recently relocated to Texas two months ago. According to TX law, I can not file for divorce until I have lived there 6 months. I can not file in my old state either because I'm no longer a resident. Since I can't do anything legal, can my wife take the kids out of state? If so, will they be forced to move back when I am a legal resident and can file? I'm in resident limbo at the moment and don't know what to do. I love my kids very much and want to continue to be a big part of their lives.

Answer:

Did your Wife also move to Texas? Since you have not been a resident of any state for 6 months, I think you should file in Texas as that will be your only way to stop her from leaving the state with the children.

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