Sharp v. Sharp, 336 N.J. Super. 492 (App. Div. 2001), A-2164-99T5, January 23, 2001:

Congress mandated that every state must adopt the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) to provide unity and structure in each state’s approach to the modification and enforcement of child support orders. 42 U.S.C.A. §666(f).

Effective March 5, 1998, UIFSA, N.J.S.A. 2A:4-30.65 to -30.123, replaced the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (RURESA), N.J.S.A. 2A:4-30.1 to -30.64, as the statute governing the interstate establishment, modification, and enforcement of child support.

UIFSA contains a specific long-arm provision, N.J.S.A. 2A:4-30.68, entitled “Personal jurisdiction over nonresidents[,]” which provides:

In a proceeding to establish, enforce, or modify a support order or to determine parentage, a tribunal of this State may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual’s guardian or conservator if:

a. the individual is personally served with a summons or notice within this State;

b. the individual submits to the jurisdiction of this State by consent, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;

c. the individual resided with the child in this State;

d. the individual resided in this State and provided prenatal expense or support for the child;

e. the child resides in this State as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;

f. the individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this State and the child may have been conceived by that act or intercourse; or

g. there is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this State and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.

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