Re: Revoking Jurisdiction

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Do you mean "consent to jurisdiction"?
Yes, one can consent to jurisdiction.
If the legal action was filed AND the State of Nevada
acquired jurisdiction, either by service of process or
consent, then the courts of Nevada have jurisdiction.
Jurisdiction can be challenged.

If you want to help your "friend," then just google: Nevada
+ court + acquires + jurisdiction.

On 12/10/07, Curiouser&Curiouser wrote:
> I've got a friend who's getting divorced. He's military,
> and the wife left him a few years ago and moved back to
the
> foreign country she was from (though she is an American
> citizen now.)
>
> So my friend filed in Nevada where he's stationed. The
wife
> was served in Nevada, and her attorney answered granting
> jurisdiction over her and their property, but not the
kids.
> Next her attorney said that his client wanted to settle,
so
> my friend and his attorney put together a very generous
> settlement package offering the wife much more than she
> would be entitled to if the court split the estate.
>
> They got back a two line letter stating that 1) the wife
> rejected the offer in its entirety; and 2) there was no
> jurisdiction over the wife, property, etc. So this
festered
> for a while. Meanwhile my friend's attorney filed a motion
> addressing the jurisdiction issue and a few others, and
> getting a trial date. The other lawyer failed to answer by
> the filing deadline, but a few weeks later there is a
> motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiciton.
>
> I've been watching this. My friend sometimes asks me
> questions because I have some legal training (enough
anyway
> to tell him to go ask his lawyer - and none anyway in
> family law.) So, I have NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
>
> What I'm really curious about is:
> 1.) Is it possible to grant jurisdiction and then revoke
> it? And if so....
> 2.) Based on these facts, is there any way in h*** it
could
> be possible to grant jurisdiction and then revoke it?
>
> If the answer is yes, I think any shred of faith I had
left
> in the legal system will be destroyed. Maybe I'll head for
> lawless Somalia instead.