Bergere v. Bergere

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• holding that preliminary objection is the exclusive means by which to raise the question of in personam jurisdiction and the failure to do so constitutes waiver
• holding that a trial court’s decision that it lacked jurisdiction was a final and appealable order
• holding: where the trial court dismissed wife’s petition for lack of personal jurisdiction, the order was final
• “Appellant cannot be faulted for this failure, as he has no control over the clerk of court’s actions.”
• “[P]reliminary objections are the exclusive means by which to raise the question of in personam jurisdiction and the failure to so raise the question of personal jurisdiction constitutes a waiver of that defense.” (citations omitted)

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