Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California

General question regarding location jurisdiction. If I have a lawsuit against me, say in state A (because I currently live there) and say I move to state B, would the lawsuit in state A go away, considering the following factors: Alleged incidents occurred in a different state (state C) many years ago, and the only reason why the plaintiff was able to pursue suing me in state A was because of location jurisdiction, i.e. I currently live in state A. Let's also say that the current lawsuit hasn't gotten to depositions yet, etc.


Asked on 3/13/11, 9:19 am

3 Answers from Attorneys

Once jurisdiction has been established your relocation is not going affect it.

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Answered on 3/13/11, 9:53 am
Anthony Roach Law Office of Anthony A. Roach

Once you have been lawfully served with process in a state, that state has jurisdiction over you until the case concludes. Moving isn't going to change that.

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Answered on 3/13/11, 12:41 pm

You really think the laws would be written so you could get out of a lawsuit that easily? Please.

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Answered on 3/13/11, 10:24 pm


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