Q: Can I dispute a custody jurisdiction change request if I still live in the state that has current jurisdiction?
My family was all living in Colorado. My ex-wife and I got a divorce in 2018 (Colorado Jurisdiction), and she moved back to Chicago, IL with our children. We have joint decision making on everything, and I am supposed to get them every 1st and 3rd weekend of the month, but I have not seen them since January 2019. I've been asking for them recently, and she keeps telling me no, so I asked for the Summer instead, and she said only 4 weeks, but then I got an email the same day from a lawyer in Chicago telling me they now are taking jurisdiction. Can I fight this?
A: The state where the child has lived for the last six months is the child's home state for jurisdiction.
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