United States Seventh Circuit

Absent exigent circumstances, substantive due process requires that a parent have the opportunity to object to enforcement of a foreign court's order based on default because there is a real question over whether the ordering court may exercise personal jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/01/2001
• Published 11/01/2001

Judges

• WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and KANNE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kenneth N. Flaxman (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gerald Haberkorn, Ronald L. Sandack (argued), Lowis & Gellen, Chicago, IL, William J. Holloway, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, IL, James G. Sotos (argued), Hervas, Sotos, Condon & Bersani, Itasca, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.