In the Interest of S.A v. and K.E v. Minor Children

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that the Texas trial court could exercise jurisdiction to modify the Minnesota divorce decree on child support, visitation expense, custody, and visitation, finding that Minnesota had declined to exercise jurisdiction over those matters and that the father had not waived his personal jurisdiction challenge; the court affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for further consideration. Justice Gonzalez dissented, arguing that Minnesota had not declined jurisdiction and that the father lacked sufficient contacts for personal jurisdiction, while Justice Hecht concurred in part and dissented in part, agreeing on custody but disagreeing on personal jurisdiction over support.