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· 9/13/1983

Morrill v. Tong

Citations

  • 453 N.E.2d 1221
  • 390 Mass. 120
  • 1983 Mass. LEXIS 1638

How courts have described this case

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  • noting, however, that it is doubtful on this record that the exercise of jurisdiction under the long-arm statute would comport with due process
  • finding lack of jurisdiction over defendant who maintained Navy dependent ID card and delivery of support payments in Massachusetts, sent letters, gifts and cards to his children in Massachusetts and made two trips to the commonwealth of one and four months duration
  • “[w]hether jurisdiction will be found is a determination sensitive to the particular facts of each case”
  • “[wjhether jurisdiction will be found is a determination sensitive to the particular facts of each case”
  • no personal jurisdiction over defendant father, a resident of Spain, who sent child support to Massachusetts and telephoned children here
  • Court held that the following actions by the defendant, considered singly or in combination, did not justify the assertion of jurisdiction under G.Lc. 223A, §3 (a

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Judges: Hennessey, Liacos, Nolan, Lynch, O'Connor

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