Legal Opinion
Marriage of Rutherford v. Rutherford
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided December 8, 1998No. 1 CA-CV 98-0224PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.
¶ 1 This case presents a question of jurisdiction in a child support case. We hold that an Arizona court has jurisdiction over a father who does not reside in this state but was personally served with process while he was in the state on vacation and visiting his child.
¶ 2 Michael F. Rutherford and Stephanie L. Rutherford were married in Ohio and had one child. The family lived together in Ohio for more than three years until the Mother moved to Arizona with the minor child in 1991.
¶ 3 The Mother filed a petition for dissolution of marriage in Maricopa County…
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