Elon Musk Files for Custody after Grimes Allegedly Fled Texas with Two of Their Children

The case emerged when Grimes reportedly left Texas with two of their children and did not return. 

The court documents are part of a custody dispute with Grimes, shedding light on the personal aspects of Musk’s life that were previously unknown to the public.

This was approximately a year after Musk moved most of his business operations to Austin, Texas. The couple has three children together, ranging in age from 3 months to 3 years.

Musk quotes Grimes in his declaration: “At various times within the past year, when there was a conflict in our relationship [Grimes] told me that her friends were warning her that California would be a better court jurisdiction for her than Texas, if she ever needed to litigate.”

In the court documents, he states, “We returned together to Austin on August 20, 2023. [Redacted] stayed with us at the [Redacted] house for several days then flew back to California on a commercial flight on August 23, 2023. [The two younger children] have not been back in Texas since July 24, 2023. [The oldest child] remains in Texas with me.”

He states in his declaration, “When I realized that [Grimes] was not returning to Texas with the younger children, I hired counsel and filed the Texas parentage action on September 7, 2023.”

She claims, “While mother was in Texas, however, [the] father and his security team controlled nearly every aspect of mother’s life. They dominated and sought to wrongfully control her and the children’s lives to the extent it was detrimental to the mother’s and the children’s well-being to remain in Texas.”

While Musk argues for Texas, where he claims the children have lived, Grimes contends that the custody issue should be decided in California, where she says the two youngest children have been since July.

In his declaration, he states that the children have lived in Texas and emphasizes a San Antonio court’s validation of their parental rights.

In documents obtained by RadarOnline, she disputes Musk’s claims about the children residing in Texas for six consecutive months before he filed the petition, questioning the veracity of his statements.

She argues, “Father’s conclusory statement that as of that date he ‘had actual care, control, and possession of each child in Travis County, Texas at least six consecutive months’ is demonstrably false.”

This decision will significantly impact the future of their children and is yet to be resolved in the ongoing legal proceedings.