CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure Before Trial/Hearing
......Jurisdiction-In Personam
.........Jurisdiction Not Found
 11 Cards On This Topic:
  • Father's attempt to enforce visitation rights in Cal. does not give Cal. jurisdiction over him for child support purposes.
  • Court's finding of minimum contacts for personal jurisdiction over Georgia resident to adjudicate Georgia property rights and s/s not supported by substantial evidence.
  • Conducting limited discovery relative to issue of residency for jurisdictional purposes does not amount to a general appearance.
  • Visiting children in Cal. and borrowing W's credit card to pay hotel bill insufficient to submit H to Cal. personal jurisdiction.
  • Attempt to enforce custody decrees from foreign states in Cal. did not subject parent to Cal. jurisdiction for support purposes.
  • N.J. resident's making of promises to Cal. resident to get her to be his "companion" in N.J., which were later breached, did not give Cal. jurisdiction in contract dispute.
  • Maintaining Cal. medical license and occasional trips to lecture and see daughter there insufficient for jurisdiction.
  • Impregnating Cal. resident in Fla. and paying for her airfare back to Cal., did not give Cal. personal jurisdiction over nondomiciliary.
  • Neither sending kids to Cal. for visit, making special appearance, nor sending agreement to Cal. to be signed were sufficient to give Cal. personal jurisdiction for child support order.
  • Cal. unfair forum for H to defend child support action, despite lengthy predissolution residency there.
  • Cases discussing situations where jurisdiction not found.


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