Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Santiago
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County
Decided April 9, 2001No. 1142 DR 2000PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
TURGEON, J.,
The issue before this court is whether a North Carolina court had personal jurisdiction over Carlos Santiago, a Pennsylvania resident, when it established his paternity of a 16-year-old child. Defendant raised the issue in response to plaintiff’s registration of the North Carolina order in Dauphin County for purposes of enforcing child support and arrearages against him under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA). For the reasons set forth below, we find the North Carolina court lacked personal jurisdiction over defendant.
BACKGROUND
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