Jurisdiction
Cal. FAM § 5700.201
California Statutes
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a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a 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 notice within this state; (2) the individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent in a record, 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 has filed a declaration of paternity pursuant to
Chapter 3 (commencing with
Section 7570) of Part of Division 12, maintained in this state by the Department of Child Support 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. (
b) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (
a) or in any other law of this state may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this state to modify a child-support order of another state unless the requirements of