Richmond, TX asked in Child Custody, Domestic Violence and Family Law for Puerto Rico

Q: Can a single mother living in TX move to Puerto rico if child has dads last name but no court order custody?

Can a single mother be acussed of kidnaping her own child if theres no court custody order in texas and wants to get away moving to Puerto rico without permission due to emotional abuse from father Constantly being threatned with taking child from her, and constantly recording her to create a case. She is terrified every single minute.Can she request custody in PUerto rico

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Jose M. Rivera Santos
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  • Divorce Lawyer
  • Ponce, PR
  • Licensed in Puerto Rico

A: If there's no custody order at the moment and given some extraordinary situations, emotional abuse being one of those, you can travel to Puerto Rico with your kid and file for custody after 6 moths of living in here or request an emergency hearing where you can prove with legal assistance your reasons for fleeing. They will evaluate if they have the elements to grant temporary custody and the will give chance to let both parties present to the court their facts and proof that support their cases. Remember that this has to be proven in court. We have broad experience with this type of cases on both ends. If you have any other questions feel free to contact us.

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