Montana Code Annotated 2013

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     40-5-145. 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 notice 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; or
     (7) there is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.

     History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 328, L. 1993.

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