Montana Code 40-4-210. Child support jurisdiction — nonresident individual
40-4-210. Child support jurisdiction — nonresident individual. (1) In a proceeding to establish or modify a child support order, a district court may acquire personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual’s guardian or conservator if:
Terms Used In Montana Code 40-4-210
- 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 territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(a)the individual is personally served with notice within this state in accordance with Rule 4(b), Montana Rules of Civil Procedure;
(b)the individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document that has the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;
(c)the individual has resided with the child within this state;
(d)the child was adopted within this state when at least one parent was a resident;
(e)the individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;
(f)the child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;
(g)the individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse; or
(h)there is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of the personal jurisdiction.
(2)A district court shall recognize and, if petitioned to do so, enforce according to its terms a child support order issued by a court or administrative agency of another state if the order was made consistent with the full faith and credit provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1738B.
(3)A district court may not establish a subsequent child support order that conflicts with an existing order entitled to recognition under subsection (2) or, except as provided in subsection (6), modify an existing order entitled to recognition under subsection (2).
(4)In interpreting a child support order issued in another state, including the duration of current payments and other obligations of support, a district court shall apply the law of the issuing state.
(5)In an action to enforce arrears under a child support order issued in another state, a district court shall apply the statute of limitations of this state or of the issuing state, whichever provides the longer period of limitation.
(6)A district court has jurisdiction to modify a child support order issued by a court or administrative agency of another state only after meeting the requirements of 40-5-1065, 40-5-1067, and 40-5-1068 and the standards for modification of interstate support orders set out in 28 U.S.C. § 1738B.