CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure Before Trial/Hearing
......Jurisdiction-In Personam
.........Money Judgments/Property Div.
............Child Support
8 Cards On This Topic:
  • Personal jurisdiction required for child support order.
  • Personal jurisdiction required for child support order.
  • Single act of sexual intercourse in Cal. is sufficient contact with the state for in personam jurisdiction in paternity/child support action.
  • Attempts to enforce custody decrees from foreign states in Cal. did not subject parent to Cal. jurisdiction for support purposes.
  • License to practice medicine in Cal. and occasional business/visitation trips to Cal. not sufficient minimum contacts for child support order when prior stipulation to litigate in N.Y.
  • Personal jurisdiction required before court could enter child support order against H. Motion to quash granted five years later.
  • Impregnating Cal. resident in Fla. and paying for her airfare back to Cal. did not give Cal. personal jurisdiction over nondomiciliary.
  • Personal jurisdiction required for child support order. H's acts insufficient to give Cal. personal jurisdiction for child support order.