CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure Before Trial/Hearing
......Jurisdiction-In Personam
.........Jurisdiction Not Found
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Father's attempt to enforce visitation rights in Cal. does not give Cal. jurisdiction over him for child support purposes.

H's serving his out-of-state W by mail did not give CA in personam jurisdiction over her, such that her subsequent petition was first in time.

F's knowledge that Mother resided in CA, and the foreseeability of CA effects (a child) from their out-of-state sexual intercourse, are insufficient to establish the requisite minimum contacts.

Court's finding of minimum contacts for personal jurisdiction over Georgia resident to adjudicate Georgia property rights and s/s not supported by substantial evidence.

Conducting limited discovery relative to issue of residency for jurisdictional purposes does not amount to a general appearance.

Visiting children in Cal. and borrowing W's credit card to pay hotel bill insufficient to submit H to Cal. personal jurisdiction.

Attempt to enforce custody decrees from foreign states in Cal. did not subject parent to Cal. jurisdiction for support purposes.

N.J. resident's making of promises to Cal. resident to get her to be his "companion" in N.J., which were later breached, did not give Cal. jurisdiction in contract dispute.

Maintaining Cal. medical license and occasional trips to lecture and see daughter there insufficient for jurisdiction.

Impregnating Cal. resident in Fla. and paying for her airfare back to Cal., did not give Cal. personal jurisdiction over nondomiciliary.

Neither sending kids to Cal. for visit, making special appearance, nor sending agreement to Cal. to be signed were sufficient to give Cal. personal jurisdiction for child support order.

Cal. unfair forum for H to defend child support action, despite lengthy predissolution residency there.

Cases discussing situations where jurisdiction not found.