RSA 546-B:3 · Bases for Jurisdiction Over Nonresident

546-B:3 Bases for Jurisdiction Over Nonresident. –

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I.

In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if:

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(a)

The individual is personally served with notice within this state;

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(b)

The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;

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(c)

The individual resided with the child in this state;

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(d)

The individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;

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(e)

The child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;

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(f)

The individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;

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(g)

The individual asserted parentage of a child in the putative father registry maintained in this state by the department of health and human services; or

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(h)

There is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.

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II.

The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in paragraph I or in any other law of this state may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this state to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of RSA 546-B:49 are met, or in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirement of 546-B:52-a are met. Source. 2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.

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