Ex-husband, who neither resided, nor was domiciled, in Mississippi, consented to the personal jurisdiction of the Mississippi chancery court under Federal Uniformed Services Former Spouse Protection Act (FUSFSPA) by making a general appearance and trying the issue of property division through appeal without ever challenging personal jurisdiction; by filing suit requesting sale of the marital home and division of marital debts in Mississippi, ex-husband voluntarily subjected himself to ex-wife’s compulsory counterclaim for equitable distribution, and with his complaint, ex-husband made a general appearance, and he waived any personal-jurisdiction argument by failing to make a timely objection
http://courts.ms.gov/Images/Opinions/CO92293.pdf
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