Legal Opinion
Miller v. Kite
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided May 7, 1985No. 479PA84PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MITCHELL, Justice.
The sole issue before this Court is whether the trial court had in personam jurisdiction over the defendant and could lawfully enter a child support order against him. We hold that the trial court did not have in personam jurisdiction over the defendant and that the child support order against him must be vacated. Accordingly, we reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals.
The parties to this action were married in Illinois in 1967. A daughter, Debra Hillary Kite, was born in Illinois on July 18, 1968. In 1971 the parties separated and the plaintiff wife took custody of the…
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