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Definition Long Arm - the means by which a court can obtain jurisdiction over an individual who resides outside the jurisdiction in which the court is located.
Application in Divorce Long arm statutes are the means by which a jurisdiction may provide for personal jurisdiction by way of substituted service of process over persons who are not residents of that jurisdiction. These statutes may come to bear in the case of parents who illegally remove children in custody disputes.

See Service of Process.

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