| doingmybest |
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| 04/10/12 10:08 AM |
Re: Would you move back?
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[quote]First, you may be able to challenge juridsiction in the State wherethe action is filed depending on when you moved and whether jurisdictional requirements have been met in your state (usually you must reside there 6 months).
Second. livinmg in another state does not mean the other parent will not have a chance to act as a parent. Chances are he will be granted a parenting schedule and, over time, that may include lengthy visits during the year.
The child is only four months old and the father has acted to assert parental rights. That is ny no means a complete disinterest. [/quote]
I meet the residency requirements for Ohio, and that is where the jurisdiction should be.
I spoke to a lawyer who is going to send a motion to dismiss based on lack of jurisdiction. He also mentioned that if the father does file in Ohio then the first visitations have to occur in Ohio since that is where the baby lives and he is a stranger to the baby. I will not have to send the baby to him at least not in the beginning.
If he willing to pay for a lawyer in Ohio and fly visit in Ohio, then that will show he is interested in the baby and that will make me feel a lot better.
Right now, he doesn't even know what the baby looks like by his on choice. He is showing interest in his parental rights, he has not shown any intersest in the baby himself.