Hello,
How did your meeting go?
In one post you say that your att'y has told your ex will have to file to have jurisdiction moved to Alaska. Is this based upon the fact that you have child support ordered in your state?
What your attorney says may or may not be true, or, if true, may or may not mean a hill of beans to an AK court. In any case, if she files something up there on the day she has been there for six months, or lies, you will have a lot of expense one way or the other.
If your attorney has a habit of not answering your calls for two weeks, he or she is probably in violation of the rules of professional conduct. Check the state board of professional conduct or whatever it is called up there to see if there have ever been disciplinary issues with him. Call, as the online records may reflect nothing or only a fraction of complaints. While you are on the phone, ask if blah blah or blah can be considered a violation of the RPC. File a complaint yourself.
We have to find her before we can do anything is not acceptable, get a new lawyer or try to file by yourself. YESTERDAY.
Have documentation of your efforts - if you printed the Facebook pages you should have dates in the corners. The letter from the school shows your effort and that she is deliberately interfering (so are they). Any thing you have that can prevent the court from saying this is the first we have heard of it, or the first you have tried.
Act now.
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Old story - when my ex left the state, then refused to return, then hid the children - I went to legal aid for help.
They took a while to make their decision about helping me, rendering it moot when the six month window passed. (There are exceptions to this home state rule - or rather reasons a new home state might decline to exercise jurisdiction - such as ties, and evidence in the former state, but they always fight against a presumption, and require time and money to get before the courts).
They wrote me a nice letter which stated that they could not help me as I was no longer in danger from her as she was now several states away, and could not help my children because they now had a new home state, and lack or resources... But please feel free to contact us if you ever require assistance in the future.
How did your meeting go?
In one post you say that your att'y has told your ex will have to file to have jurisdiction moved to Alaska. Is this based upon the fact that you have child support ordered in your state?
What your attorney says may or may not be true, or, if true, may or may not mean a hill of beans to an AK court. In any case, if she files something up there on the day she has been there for six months, or lies, you will have a lot of expense one way or the other.
If your attorney has a habit of not answering your calls for two weeks, he or she is probably in violation of the rules of professional conduct. Check the state board of professional conduct or whatever it is called up there to see if there have ever been disciplinary issues with him. Call, as the online records may reflect nothing or only a fraction of complaints. While you are on the phone, ask if blah blah or blah can be considered a violation of the RPC. File a complaint yourself.
We have to find her before we can do anything is not acceptable, get a new lawyer or try to file by yourself. YESTERDAY.
Have documentation of your efforts - if you printed the Facebook pages you should have dates in the corners. The letter from the school shows your effort and that she is deliberately interfering (so are they). Any thing you have that can prevent the court from saying this is the first we have heard of it, or the first you have tried.
Act now.
~~~~~~
Old story - when my ex left the state, then refused to return, then hid the children - I went to legal aid for help.
They took a while to make their decision about helping me, rendering it moot when the six month window passed. (There are exceptions to this home state rule - or rather reasons a new home state might decline to exercise jurisdiction - such as ties, and evidence in the former state, but they always fight against a presumption, and require time and money to get before the courts).
They wrote me a nice letter which stated that they could not help me as I was no longer in danger from her as she was now several states away, and could not help my children because they now had a new home state, and lack or resources... But please feel free to contact us if you ever require assistance in the future.