Perdue v. Saied

BARNES, Justice.

This is an action to assume original jurisdiction and for a Writ of Prohibition. Counsel for Petitioner requested that this Court assume jurisdiction and write an opinion interpreting 12 O.S.1971, § 1701.03, because this is a case of first impression and it is important to litigants and members of the Bar to know if service under these facts obtains jurisdiction over the parties.

The facts are simple. In 1967, Gary Michael Perdue, Petitioner, was stationed in Germany as a member of the United States Air Force. There he married a German National named Sieglinde, and eventually…