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    Okay, then because he wasn't married to Mom, he had to have signed paternity papers. This is good news for him, because now he's the legal father and even without a custody order Mom doesn't get to just up and leave and conceal the child from him.

    He needs to get himself to an attorney - as in the next hour or two - and file for a temporary order pending a final determination of custody. His attorney can guide him on whether this is or isn't enough of an emergency to file an ex parte order (usually limited to imminent risk of harm, but can also pertain to a parent who takes off and there's a decent chance the child will be removed from the state).

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    Quote Quoting Dogmatique
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    ....even without a custody order Mom doesn't get to just up and leave and conceal the child from him.
    Without a custody order, what's to stop her? As you say, he needs to get an order.

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    We definitely know that she has indeed moved whether within the state or out is the unknown answer but I'm really leaning on completely out of the state. If this is the case I know u must file within the county the child resides....we do not know where that is. Do we file in the county of the child's last known whereabouts?

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    Quote Quoting Melissakelley
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    We definitely know that she has indeed moved whether within the state or out is the unknown answer but I'm really leaning on completely out of the state. If this is the case I know u must file within the county the child resides....we do not know where that is. Do we file in the county of the child's last known whereabouts?
    "We" don't file anywhere.

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