Upchurch v. Upchurch

STEPHAN, Judge.

Claudia Jean Upchurch, n/k/a Claudia Jean Currie-Harris, appeals the judgment of the trial court dismissing her contempt action against respondent Randy Eric Up-church, her former husband, for lack of personal jurisdiction. We affirm.

In 1983 appellant initiated a dissolution action against respondent in St. Louis County. Respondent, personally served by an Illinois sheriff in Illinois, did not appear and default was taken. The dissolution decree entered in early 1984 in St. Louis County awarded custody of the parties’ minor child to appellant and ordered respondent pay child…