CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure Before Trial/Hearing
......Jurisdiction-In Personam
.........Defined
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Personal jurisdiction defined.

Cal.'s long arm statute.

Jurisdiction based on physical presence alone constitutes due process.

Mere act of sending child into state to live with other parent is insufficient to give Cal. personal jurisdiction over nonresident.

Signing acknowledgment of receipt form is not consent to jurisdiction.