Sentences with phrase «subject matter jurisdiction before»

It held that once Mother made some showing of prior custody orders from Pennsylvania (and possibly Georgia), DSS needed to establish subject matter jurisdiction before proceeding to the merits of the case.

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the person against whom the judgment was given had, before the commencement of the proceedings, agreed, in respect of the subject matter of the proceedings, to submit to the jurisdiction of that court or of the courts of that country.

So long as the judge has jurisdiction over the subject matter of the cause before him, he is entitled to immunity.»

Accordingly, the Board has exclusive jurisdiction over the subject matter and, therefore, the action must be commenced within the one - year limitation period before the Superior Court can assume jurisdiction for claims exceeding $ 25,000.