2003 Minnesota Statutes

     518C.201 Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. 

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

    (1) the individual is personally served with a summons or 
 comparable document within this state; 

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

    (3) the individual resided with the child in this state; 

    (4) the individual resided in this state and provided 
 prenatal expenses or support for the child; 

    (5) the child resides in this state as a result of the acts 
 or directives of the individual; 

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

    (7) the individual asserted parentage under sections 257.51 
 to 257.75; or 

    (8) there is any other basis consistent with the 
 constitutions of this state and the United States for the 
 exercise of personal jurisdiction. 

    HIST: 1994 c 630 art 2 s 1