CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Child Support
......Jurisdiction
.........In Personam
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Personal jurisdiction required to make child support order.

H's agreeing that children could move to Tex. from Ill. not sufficient contact with Tex. to justify exercise of personal jurisdiction over H, RURESA order vacated.

License to practice medicine in Cal. and occasional business/visitation trips to Cal. not sufficient minimum contacts for child support order, especially where prior stipulation to litigate in N.Y.

Use of Cal. courts to enforce visitation rights does not confer personal jurisdiction.

Single act of sexual intercourse in Cal. is sufficient contact with state for in personam jurisdiction in paternity/child support action.