P1535 A nonresident who participated in the settlement of a case in California and in obtaining court approval of the settlement, and who retained a court-appointed settlement administrator, accepted benefits of the administrator's services, and agreed to pay the administrator's fees with the understanding that the California court retained jurisdiction to adjudicate issues relating to the settlement agreement, thereby consented to California jurisdiction for the adjudication of issues arising out of the settlement agreement; in addition, by doing all that, the nonresident purposefully availed himself of the benefits of California law; both are bases for the exercise of personal jurisdiction by the California court; once personal jurisdiction is acquired, it cannot be altered by a purported reservation.CitationSZYNALSKI v SUPERIOR COURT (Consent to Jurisdiction) 172 CA4 1 [See: Pavlovich v Superior Court 29 C4 262, P/AT 1/03; Burger King v Rudzewicz 471 US 462]
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