I was served at my daughter’s kindergarten graduation. Her father wants to relocate her out of state. He’s had every other weekend since 2021 and has never once asked for more. His petition says he has a job offer in Texas and that I’ve “agreed in principle.”
He attached a text from me that says “sounds good.” It’s dated April 2nd. In the full thread, that message is a reply to him asking if Saturday at four works for the exchange. His exhibit is a single bubble with no context above or below it. I printed the whole conversation, four pages, and highlighted nothing at all—I just handed it over.
His attorney withdrew the exhibit before the hearing. Then the judge asked her why. She said the complete conversation “changed the meaning of the submitted message.” My attorney asked the court to compare the timestamp and surrounding messages, and the judge did. The Saturday exchange was clearly the subject of my reply. There was nothing in the conversation about Texas, relocation, a job offer, or moving our daughter.
Then the judge asked my ex why he had described that text as an agreement to relocation when the complete conversation showed it was about a Saturday pickup. He said he believed the context was “obvious.” The judge disagreed. The relocation request was denied, and the judge specifically ordered the complete conversation entered into the record—not just the single message he had submitted.
