Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Massachusetts

Re: change of residence

George, is this you!!?? If it is, you've raised different

issues than before. You've made me wonder why you filed where

you did in the first place.

In general, you file a suit where the DEFENDANT resides, not

where you reside(d). That's the starting point, anyway. That's

where the court has jurisdiction over the defendant. As illustration,

a court in California wouldn't have "personal jurisdiction" over

you and if someone brought a suit there and you ignored it, and they

won, you would be within your rights to ignore the orders of that

court (although to be certain, you might make a special "limited

appearance" to tell them that they don't have personal jurisdiction).

However, by the way, once any response is made (answer, appearing at

a hearing or trial, counterclaim, motion filed) which does not contest

jurisdiction, you are deemed to have waived jurisdiction defense from

that point on. I literally just nailed a California woman on this point

because she was stupid enough not to hire an attorney and to try to make

her own legal defense, so she's lost on that point already, irretrievably.

Stuart Williams

Law Offices of Stuart J. Williams

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Newton, MA

02459-2509

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Re: change of residence

Just notify opposing counsel and the court of

your new mailing address. People move all the time. The case stays where it is.