STEPHENS v. STEPHENS

Record Nos. 820683, 820740.

331 S.E.2d 484 (1985)

Cecelia C. STEPHENS v. Lawrence B. STEPHENS. Lawrence B. STEPHENS v. Cecelia C. STEPHENS.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 14, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris H. Fine, Virginia Beach, (Fine, Fine, Legum & Fine, Virginia Beach, on brief), for appellant Cecelia C. Stephens.

Thomas H. Cave, Virginia Beach, (Mahler & Cave, P.C., Virginia Beach, on brief), for appellee Lawrence B. Stephens.

Present: All the Justices.


THOMAS, Justice.

These appeals concern a question of personal jurisdiction in Virginia over an individual who resides in Tennessee. Resolution of the jurisdictional issue requires us to construe the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (RURESA or the Act), Code §§ 20-88.12 through 20-88.31.

The same facts are pertinent to both appeals. Lawrence B. Stephens and Cecelia C. Stephens were divorced in Florida. Two children were born of...

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