Arizona Laws 25-1254. Limited immunity of petitioner
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A. Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney or through services provided by the support enforcement agency, does not confer personal jurisdiction over the petitioner in another proceeding.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 25-1254
- 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.
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Arizona Laws 25-1202
- Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Responding tribunal: means the authorized tribunal in a responding state or a foreign country. See Arizona Laws 25-1202
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Arizona Laws 25-1202
- Support enforcement agency: means a public official, governmental entity or private agency authorized to do any of the following:
(a) Seek the enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the duty of support. See Arizona Laws 25-1202
B. A petitioner is not amenable to service of civil process while physically present in this state to participate in a proceeding under this chapter.
C. The immunity granted by this section does not extend to civil litigation based on acts unrelated to a proceeding under this chapter committed by a party while present in this state to participate in the proceeding.