Quote Quoting goldilocks
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He claims that the court tried to serve her with papers but could not locate her.
(Trust me, the court knows her location.)


He claims that after two or three months of the court not being able to serve the papers, that he was awarded sole custody by default.

Is there any validity to his story?
There is plenty of room to question the validity and accuracy of such a story.
"Trusting you" as to whether "the court" knows her location is immaterial.
Whether or not "the father" knows the mothers location IS material

It is NOT the court's job to find and serve parents in a child custody case, but rather the father's job in this case, or the fathers attorney. The implication to the contrary, and the implication the father knows the mothers location, is a big red flag on the truthfulness of this story. While temporary custody orders may be awarded with a no show by one parent, permanent orders rendered by default require a few more procedural hoops to jump through than appears to have happened here.