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HELMERS v. SORTINO

Civ. No. 950243.

545 N.W.2d 796 (1996)

Sara Jean HELMERS f/k/a Sara Jean Sortino, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Anthony Dale SORTINO, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

April 8, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Rau (argued), of Bosard, McCutcheon & Rau, Ltd., Minot, ND, for plaintiff and appellee. Appearance by Sara Helmers.

Richard L. Hagar (argued), of Kenner Sturdevant, P.C., Minot, ND, for defendant and appellant.

MESCHKE, Justice.

Anthony Dale Sortino appealed from a partial default judgment and the denial of his motion to vacate the partial default judgment establishing an Alaska divorce decree and transferring custody of his eight-year-old son to his former spouse, Sara Jean Helmers. We reverse the transfer of custody and remand for dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction over Sortino.

Helmers and Sortino were married in North Dakota in 1986. They lived in Alaska...

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