Franek v. Ray

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• filing alone is “not the commencement of suit unless followed by service within a reasonable time”
• filing alone is “not the commencement of suit unless followed by service within a reasonable time”
• defendant’s county of residence as of the date of filing generally determines the appropriate venue
• venue proper in DeKalb County where defendant lived when custody modification suit filed, even though he moved to Texas before he was served
• venue proper in DeKalb County where defendant lived when custody modification suit filed, even though he moved to Texas before he was served
• “for purposes of venue and other jurisdictional questions, a person’s residence at the time of filing of suit is the determining factor”; venue determined as of date of filing although appellant later moved to Texas

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).