(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:
Terms Used In Alabama Code 30-3D-201
Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(1) the individual is personally served with summons 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 asserted parentage of a child in the putative father registry maintained in this state by the Department of Human Resources; 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 Section 30-3D-611 are met, or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of Section 30-3D-615 are met.
