@jamsal5432,
How many other people on here reside in Tennessee and have a dispute with the other parent who lives in California with the children?
Even if that were the case it’s unlikely that their situation is identical to yours.
Anything else involves different legal systems with different outcomes.
There’s a reason A2K has a waiver about legal and medical advice because such advice could be catastrophic, it’s not in the same league as giving someone poor advice about their Shakespeare assignment.
Get a lawyer.