out of state child custody question

[ceoblitz]

Hello everyone ,

My girlfriend recently moved from Loussiana to Texas and has a court order with her as a the primary care giver and and the father was granted reasonable visitation.
After reading the poorly written court decree I know there is nothing written about any of the parents moving to another county or state. The current court order she has only specifies that she get support and be primary custody of both children along with the ex husband only having the usual customary reasonable visitations rites.

My question is is the mother who is the Primary care giver and has possession of her kids in the state of Texas does she have to fight her ex in the state of Louisiana for any changes in the arrangement ?

Also , can her ex file on her in Louisiana or does he have to come to Texas to the primary care givers county to file for a modified custody agreement against her ?

I've also been informed that the father is unwilling to drive the 2 hr trip to see his children and up to demands that the mother come the whole distance. Does he have a rite to do this and doesn't that seem unreasonable to anyone? The mother has offered to meet halfway and the father has yet to want to budge.

What direction should she be going from here ?

Should she just let him not return the kids and file contempt of the court order with the authorities in the fathers county or is there some other way she can just put her foot down on a man that does not go out of his way for his children not even when she lived 5 minutes from him before she moved for work related reasons ?

Thanks for anything you all can offer.


Ceo.Billy

 

[Duranie]

If your girlfriend moved with the child without permission, then she can face some problems from the court. If she moved, then she should provide at least half, if not all of the driving. Whoever moves is the one that does the driving. It is not reasonable to expect Dad to do all the driving.

If mom wants to file any court paperwork she would need to file it in the state that did the orig divorce.

sorry but it sounds like mom is not being reasonable. If I were Dad, I would file for custody since mom moved without permission, and let a court decide if mom is in contempt. If I were mom, do the driving for now until the courts tell her what she is allowed to do.

 

[ceoblitz]

Duranie, My intent was not to say the mother was being unreasonable my point was that the court decree is flawed and does not state the terms to cover out of state moves or almost anything that would be common since with a custody decree.

I know with my ex wife it states that the mother or my self can not move out of the county or more then 50 miles away unless both parties agree.

The mother never has had an issue with the driving and the fact the father does not pay his court ordered support when he is supposed to for what ever reason she has.

I was looking for a more clear answer on if 1. if she can file in TEXAS for any changes and two has to deal with unreasonable requests from her ex husband over the distance on visitation once the courts have set new guidelines for custody.