Beasley v. Beasley

Summary

The court held that Georgia could constitutionally exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident spouse in an action for separate maintenance and division of marital assets. The defendant purposefully established extensive Georgia contacts through residence, marriage, marital activities, military retirement, and repeated visits, and the claims had a sufficient nexus to those contacts because they arose from the parties' family relationship. Exercising jurisdiction was also reasonable because Georgia was the only state connected to the marital relationship and provided the most effective forum for resolving the support and property claims.