Long-arm jurisdiction is based on the theory that a person has had “sufficient minimum contacts” with the former state to be subject to the personal jurisdiction of the state’s courts. This long-arm jurisdiction may be asserted in a proceeding regarding child support or spousal support orders.
A state may establish a basis for long arm jurisdiction under section 201, in eight different ways:
(1) the individual is personally served with [citation, summons, note] 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;
(7) the individual asserted parentage in the [putative father registry] maintained in this State by the [appropriate agency]; or
(8) there is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this State and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.