Marriage of Vallo and Dudley CA4/2

INTRODUCTION

Petitioner and appellant Sheryl Vallo, a California resident, appeals from an order

1 of the family court entered on November 26, 2013, finding the court had no personal

jurisdiction over respondent Carl Anthony Dudley, a resident of the District of Columbia.

(Code Civ. Proc., § 904.1, subd. (a).)

Both parties are representing themselves on appeal. No reporter’s transcript has

been submitted as part of the appellate record. Based on our review of the clerk’s

transcript and the parties’ nonconforming appellate briefs, we affirm the family court’s

order.

II

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The facts as presented in the record are mostly undisputed although the parties try

to characterize them differently. The case involves multiple family law proceedings filed

in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and San Bernardino County between 2010 and

2013.

The duration of the parties’ marriage was from June 1988 until the date of

separation, August 1, 2008. One minor child, J.D., was born in August 1998. Vallo had

filed for divorce in Maryland in 2010 but dismissed the action on the day of trial in

September 2011.

Vallo filed another family law proceeding in…