CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure Before Trial/Hearing
......Jurisdiction-In Personam
.........Special Appearance
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Visiting children in Cal. and borrowing W's credit card to pay hotel bill insufficient to submit H to Cal. personal jurisdiction.

Mother did not consent to Cal. jurisdiction, either by appearing in Cal. to oppose pendente lite orders, or requesting relief related to custody and visitation under UCCJA.

Neither sending kids to Cal. for visit, making special appearance, nor sending agreement to Cal. to be signed are sufficient to give Cal. personal jurisdiction for child support order.