If you filed a lawsuit in california, are you allowed to move to a different state while the lawsuit was pending?

Yes, as long as the lawsuit does not involve child custody. Don't kidnap your child. Get the court's permission. If this is not a marital dissolution or child custody case, then yes, you can move. Make sure the court and the other side always always have a current address for you. If they send notices to the last known address for you and you don't receive them, that's your fault, not yours. Notices can be sent by mail of motions and hearings that can result in your losing the case, having judgment entered against you, and all kinds of fines and penalties can be imposed. You're travelling? You don't have a permanent address, yet? No excuse. You need to make sure they have an address to send notices to, and you need to make sure that you receive anything sent there. If you tell them to send notices to a friend's address, then if that friend fails to tell you that something has arrived, that's your fault, not the other side's. Judge's have very little tolerance for litigants who claim they didn't get a notice. If you appreciate this free advice, please remember to refer me to any friends or acquaintances who need a lawyer. Referrals are still our best source of new business. Do you have a revocable living trust to protect your heirs against probate? Probate takes forever, is expensive, and is annoying. Do your family a favor. Set up a trust, and put all your property, especially any real property, into the trust. Since it is revocable, you can change it, add to it, take property out of it, or even cancel it completely, at any time. We set up such trusts, provide a pour-over will as a back-up for any property that does not make it into the trust, provide you with blank durable powers of attorney for health care and financial decisions, in case you become incapable of making such decisions while still alive, and convey one piece of real property to the trust, usually the family home, for $1500.00. If you would like to hire me to do this, let me know, and I'll send you a list of the information I need. Dana Sack