North Dakota Code § 14-20-39

(604) Personal jurisdiction
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1. An individual may not be adjudicated to be a parent unless the court has personal 
jurisdiction over the individual.
2. A court of this state having jurisdiction to adjudicate parentage may exercise personal 
jurisdiction over a nonresident individual, or the guardian or conservator of the 
individual, if the conditions prescribed in section 14-12.2-04 are fulfilled.
3. Lack of jurisdiction over one individual does not preclude the court from making an 
adjudication of parentage binding on another individual over whom the court has 
personal jurisdiction.

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