
Quoting
Mr. Knowitall
The UCCJEA analysis is more complex than "you have to wait six months after moving" or "the state doesn't have jurisdiction until you've been there for six months", particularly when there is no existing child support order. Even if an earlier action is filed in Texas, given the child's short-term residence in Massachusetts, no prior custody order in effect and the complete abandonment of that state by all parents it is difficult for me to imagine that Massachusetts would try to take jurisdiction. That said, if dad has it together he could hoof it back to Massachusetts and try to file for temporary custody before you meet Texas residency requirements, then try to get temporary custody and an order that the child be returned to Massachusetts. Multistate custody issues can turn into a hornet's nest.