Legal Opinion

Bartsch v. Bartsch

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided November 15, 2001No. 00-0068PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LARSON, Justice.

Nathan Bartsch, a nonresident of Iowa, appeared specially in an Iowa domestic-abuse case under Iowa Code chapter 236 (1999) to challenge the court’s personal jurisdiction over him. The court agreed it did not have personal jurisdiction but concluded that, for purposes of entering a protective order under chapter 236, personal jurisdiction was not required. The court also denied Nathan’s motion to dismiss based on forum non conveniens. We agree and therefore affirm.

I.Facts and Prior Proceedings.

Tara Bartsch filed an application for a protective order against Nathan Bartsch in…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  3. Kulko v. Superior Court of Cal., City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  5. Estin v. EstinSupreme Court of the United States · 1948

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3Cited by23 opinions

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