Cal. Fam. Code § 4905 : California Family Code — Support — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act — Jurisdiction — [See Note]

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Current through 2015 Legislative Session

(a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual' s guardian or conservator if any of the following apply:
(1) The individual is personally served with notice within this state.
(2) The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent, 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 2 of Division 12.
(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 subdivision (a) or in any other law of this state may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of the state to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of Section 4960 or 4964 are met.
Ca. Fam. Code § 4905
Amended by Stats 2006 ch 538 (SB 1852),s 159, eff. 1/1/2007.
Amended by Stats 2002 ch 349 (AB 2934),s 3. The act that amended/enacted this section shall become operative upon at least one of the following two events taking place, whichever occurs first, but in no event prior to July 1, 2004:
(a) The amendment by Congress of subdivision (f) of 42 U.S.C. Sec. 666 to statutorily require or authorize, in connection with the approval of state plans for purposes of federal funding, the adoption of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act as promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2001.
(b) The approval, either generally or with specific application to California, by the federal office of Child Support Enforcement or by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, of a waiver, exemption, finding, or other indicia of regulatory approval of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, as promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2001, in connection with the approval of state plans for purposes of federal funding.
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