Puhlman v. Turner

OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

The superior court held that if a nonresident parent seeks to enforce in Alaska the visitation provisions of an out-of-state divorce decree, the Alaska court may exercise personal jurisdiction over the nonresident in a proceeding to modify the support provisions of the decree. We vacate the superior court’s order and direct entry of an order dismissing the support modification proceeding.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Terrence L. Puhlman, a member of the United States Armed Forces, and Carol A. Turner married and had two children. On September 15, 1988, they…