- Consolidated Laws - Family Court
Part 2. A. Extended personal jurisdiction.
S 580-201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. In a proceeding
to establish, enforce, or modify a support order or to determine
parentage, the tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction
over a nonresident individual or the individual`s guardian or
conservator if:
(1) the individual is personally served with a summons and petition
within this state;
(2) the individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by
consent, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive
document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal
jurisdiction;
(3) the individual resided with the child in this state;
(4) the individual resided in this state and provided prenatal
expenses or support for the child;
(5) the child resides in this state as a result of the acts or
directives of the individual;
(6) the individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the
child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;
(7) the individual asserted parentage in the putative father registry
maintained in this state by the department of social services; or
(8) there is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this
state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
S 580-202. Procedure when exercising jurisdiction over nonresident. A
tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a
nonresident under section 580-201 may apply section 580-316 (special
rules of evidence and procedure) to receive evidence from another state,
and section 580-318 (assistance with discovery) to obtain discovery
through a tribunal of another state. In all other respects, parts three
through seven do not apply and the tribunal shall apply the procedural
and substantive law of this state, including the rules on choice of law
other than those established by this article.
