California Court of Appeal

Family law court's determination that petitioner, who is currently incarcerated in Mexico, had abandoned his three children in terminating his parental rights is affirmed as petitioner's argument that the judgment is void for lack of personal jurisdiction because he was not properly served with notice of the proceedings in accordance with the Convention on Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters fails because he made a general appearance through his counsel at the hearing on the petition and thus consented to the court's exercise of jurisdiction over him.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/14/2010
• Published 08/04/2010

Judges

• PERLUSS, P. J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Andre F.F. Toscano, Ernesto Paz Rey