TOMPKINS v. TOMPKINS

No. 8917DC1082.

390 S.E.2d 766 (1990)

98 N.C. App. 299

Roxie Carrie May S. TOMPKINS, Plaintiff, v. Leroy T. TOMPKINS, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 1, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah S. Stevens, Mount Airy, for plaintiff-appellant.

W. David White, P.A. by W. David White, Dobson, for defendant-appellee.


WELLS, Judge.

The settled law of this state requires the application of a two-pronged test to determine whether personal jurisdiction may be exercised over a foreign defendant. First, there must exist a statutory basis for exercising personal jurisdiction under the provisions of G.S. § 1-75.4, our long-arm statute. Second, the exercise of personal jurisdiction must comport with the due process requirements of the Fourteenth Amendment, as articulated by the United...

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