Legal Opinion

Penkul v. Matarazzo

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided December 1, 2009No. Yor-09-216PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGorman, J.

[¶ 1] Linda M. Penkul appeals from the dismissal of several motions seeking enforcement and modification of a child support order entered by the District Court (Springvale, O’Neil, J.) pursuant to a previous judgment determining that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over Penkul’s ex-spouse, Michael R. Matarazzo. Penkul contends that the court does have personal jurisdiction over Matarazzo, and that the judgment dismissing her motions violates procedural due process and leaves her without a forum to recover support from her ex-spouse. We conclude there was no constitutional violation and…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Kulko v. Superior Court of Cal., City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Portland Water District v. Town of StandishSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2008
  3. MacOmber v. MacQuinn-TweedieSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2003
  4. Efstathiou v. EfstathiouSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2009
  5. Dutil v. BurnsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1997

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