Is a nonresident father immune from process when served as a moving party and as a witness in child custody proceedings against his ex-wife?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Severn v. Adidas Sportschuhfabriken, 109 Cal.Rptr. 328, 33 Cal.App.3d 754 (Cal. App. 1973):
Lawson v. Benson (Fla.App.3d 1962) 136 So.2d 353 (nonresident father appearing as the moving party and as a witness in child custody proceeding against former wife, held immune from process when served as a defendant in an action by an attorney to recover fees incurred in an earlier similar proceeding).
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