§ 160.604 Personal Jurisdiction

An individual may not be adjudicated to be a parent unless the court has personal jurisdiction over the individual.

A court of this state having jurisdiction to adjudicate parentage may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the guardian or conservator of the individual if the conditions in Section 159.201 are satisfied.

If the court lacks jurisdiction over one individual, the court:

is not precluded from making an adjudication of parentage binding on another individual over whom the court has personal jurisdiction; and

may not delay the adjudication described by Subdivision (1) solely due to the lack of jurisdiction.