CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure Before Trial/Hearing
......Jurisdiction-In Personam
.........Consent/General Appearance
............Acts Not Providing Jurisdiction
 12 Cards On This Topic:
  • Appearance to oppose temporary order while motion to quash pending may still be special appearance.
  • Appearance at hearing to oppose ex parte relief is not general appearance.
  • Conducting limited discovery relative to issue of residency for jurisdictional purposes does not amount to a general appearance.
  • Attempts to enforce custody decrees from foreign states in Cal. do not subject parent to Cal. jurisdiction for support purposes.
  • Signing acknowledgment of receipt form is not consent to jurisdiction.
  • Mere act of sending child into state to live with other parent is insufficient to give Cal. personal jurisdiction over nonresident.
  • Brief visits to state, which are unrelated to cause of action, held insufficient to give personal jurisdiction years later in child support action.
  • Mere act of marrying in Cal. on brief military stopover held insufficient to give personal jurisdiction years later in child support action.
  • N.Y. H's agreeing to let children visit W in Cal. three months per year held insufficient to give personal jurisdiction years later in child support action.
  • Cal.'s interest in ensuring support of resident children held insufficient to give personal jurisdiction over H in child support action.
  • Benefit to H of decreased living expenses by sending child to Cal. held insufficient to give personal jurisdiction over him in child support action.
  • Making special appearance to contest jurisdiction insufficient to give Cal. personal jurisdiction for child support order.


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