State Ex Rel. Nelson v. Nelson

Peterson, Justice.

The issue for decision is whether a nonresident putative father of an illegitimate child born to a resident mother, the act of conception having allegedly occurred in this state, may be subjected to the jurisdiction of a court in this state upon a complaint of fathering and failing to support the child. 1 The more precise issue is whether this paternity complaint alleges a “tort” within the meaning of our long-arm statute, Minn. St. 543.19, 2 for defendant does not otherwise assert that such application of the statute would be a denial of due process. We hold that the…