Morris v. Morris

The plaintiff, Joanna Carole Morris, is a resident of New Hampshire. Her former husband is a resident of Michigan. The plaintiff appeals from the dismissal, for lack of personal jurisdiction, of her complaint for modification of a judgment of divorce, entered when she was a resident of the Commonwealth. We transferred the case to this court on our own motion, and affirm.

“Generally, a claim of personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant presents a two-fold inquiry: (1) is the assertion of jurisdiction authorized by statute, and (2) if authorized, is the exercise of jurisdiction under…