Legal Opinion
Stidham v. Whelchel
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided August 18, 1998No. 27S02-9808-JV-451PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION TO TRANSFER
BOEHM, Justice.
We grant transfer to make clear that a judgment rendered without personal jurisdiction over the defendant may be set aside at any time.
Factual and Procedural Background
In 1977 Kathy Whelchel filed a paternity action in her home county in Indiana against Rocky Stidham, a Kentucky resident. Whel-chel sent service of process to Stidham in Kentucky by certified mail. Stidham did not answer or appear in the Indiana proceedings. In 1978 the court entered a default judgment against Stidham and ordered that he pay twenty dollars weekly child support. Whel-chel…
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