CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
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Procedure Before Trial/Hearing
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Jurisdiction-In Personam
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Consent/General Appearance
............Acts Providing Jurisdiction
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General appearance equivalent to personal service.
By contesting the merits of the support motion, H made a general appearance and waived his argument that he lacked sufficient minimum contacts to CA.
By seeking c/s, W generally appeared in Cal. court and voluntarily submitted to its jurisdiction; claims of defective notice and lack of personal jurisdiction rendered moot.
Conducting discovery in Cal. action held to be general appearance.
Request for continuance constitutes general appearance.
Filing response to motion and requesting affirmative relief is a general appearance.
Filing motion to disqualify judge for actual bias is a general appearance.