In re Klar

Mother appeals from a judgment that dismissed her motion to modify the support provisions of the parties’ 1982 Colorado dissolution judgment for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.1 The Colorado judgment required father to pay $250 per month for the support of the parties’ child. After the Colorado judgment was issued, mother and the child moved to Oregon, and father moved to Michigan. In 1991, mother sought to register the Colorado judgment in Oregon and moved to modify the support award. Father was personally served in Michigan and appeared at the show cause hearing where the trial court…