RIERSGARD v. MORTON

No. S96A1561.

479 S.E.2d 748 (1997)

267 Ga. 451

RIERSGARD v. MORTON.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Schiffman, Jr., Sylvia Ann Martin, Davis, Matthews & Quigley, Atlanta, for Riersgard.

John R. Gaughen, Atlanta, for Morton.


THOMPSON, Justice.

In this case, stemming from a judgment domesticating a foreign divorce decree and holding the father in contempt for the nonpayment of child support, we must consider whether the trial court properly exercised personal jurisdiction over the father. We hold that it did not, and reverse the denial of the father's motion to set aside the judgment.

Daryl Riersgard and Lisa Morton were divorced in Virginia in 1990. Of their three minor children...

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