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Crouch v. Crouch

Citations

  • 641 S.W.2d 86
  • 1982 Mo. LEXIS 413

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  • holding that nonappearance cannot serve as the basis to find waiver of the defense of personal jurisdiction, and that a party is free to ignore proceedings if the party believes the trial court does not have personal jurisdiction
  • finding that a personal judgment rendered by a court without personal jurisdiction over the defendant is void and may be attacked collaterally
  • waiver occurs where action is taken that is wholly inconsistent with assertion that trial court lacks personal jurisdiction

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Judges: Welliver, Higgins, Morgan, Donnelly, Seiler, Rendlen, Gunn, Billings

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