Desperate for answers
My cousin is currently planning to move from California to Hawaii to reunite with her husband and father of her ten year old daughter after a long separation. The couple had originally lived together in California, but after the separation her husband moved to Kauai, HI for an employment opportunity. During the separation (while her estranged husband is living in Kauai), she formed a new relationship with another man and had a son. Her son is now two years old and the relationship with his father has dissolved. The father never really supported her or the baby (they lived with his parents at first and then with her parents toward the end of the relationship). He moved back in with his parents after they broke up. However, he and his family are very involved in the baby's life (they pick him up almost every weekiend). Now, my cousin, her two best friends and I recently took a trip to Hawaii to visit her estranged husband. He now has a house and a very good job there. During our trip, we all could see what we already knew, this is the man she is meant to be with. So, now she is intending to move there (with the two children). No legal custody has been established over the two year old. The child was born while she was married to another man. Here comes the complicated part, she is leaving without notifying the father of the two year old. We don't think its right but she is terrified that he will stop her. What can happen? Can she get in trouble? What rights does he have over the child? Can he legally force her to return to California?
Keep in consideration, he is frequently unemployed and lives in a three bedroom house with his parents, sister and niece. Her husband has a three bedroom house by himself.
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