Alaska Statutes 25.25.280 – Application of this chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 25.25.280
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- 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: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this chapter, under other law of this state relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside this state under Alaska Stat. § 25.25.316, communicate with a tribunal outside this state under Alaska Stat. § 25.25.317, and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside this state under Alaska Stat. § 25.25.318. In all other respects, Alaska Stat. § 25.25.301 – 25.25.616 do not apply, and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state.