ARTICLE 2

ARTICLE 2. JURISDICTION

PART I. EXTENDED PERSONAL JURISDICTION

[§576B-201] Bases 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 the individual's guardian or conservator if:

(1) The individual is personally served with 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 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 office of health status monitoring maintained in this State by the department of health; or

(8) There is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this State and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction. [L 1997, c 295, pt of §1]