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Don't Let a Summer Visit Cost You Your Custody Case: What Parents Need to Know About Jurisdiction
Imagine this: You and your child's other parent are doing fine. You're not together romantically, but you're cohabitating, co-parenting, keeping the peace. Things are good enough that going to court feels unnecessary — even dramatic. So you don't. Then one day, the relationship ends. Things get tense fast. Before you know it, the other parent has sent your child to visit family in another country — just a vacation, they say. But the weeks stretch into months, and suddenly you
Patricia A. Ames, Esq.
Mar 55 min read
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