Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXX. Domestic Relations § 454.857. Jurisdiction, extended personal jurisdiction
Current as of January 01, 2018 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
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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 the individual's guardian or conservator if:
(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 asserted parentage in the putative father registry maintained in this state by the department of health and senior services; or
(8) there is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
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