CHC 1302.1 - Basis for jurisdiction over nonresident - Louisiana Statutes

SECTION 2. JURISDICTION

Subsection A. Extended Personal Jurisdiction

Art. 1302.1. Basis for jurisdiction over nonresident

In a proceeding to establish, enforce, or modify a support order or to determine parentage, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual, or his tutor, in any of the following situations:

(1) The individual is personally served with citation, summons, or 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 exception or 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 in the putative father registry maintained in this state by the Department of Health and Hospitals, office of preventive and public health services.

(8) There is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.

Acts 1995, No. 251, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1997, No. 1241, §1, eff. July 15, 1997.