Condominium homeowners petitioned the superior court to vacate an arbitration award. The trial court dismissed the petition based on the homeowners’ failure to properly serve their petition to vacate on the owners of the development as required by Code of Civil Procedure section 1288. The homeowners argue they served the petition in accordance with the requirements of the parties’ lease agreements. The appellate court affirmed the dismissal because “the lease provisions they rely upon as specifying the method for serving the petition to vacate apply only to the manner in which notices respecting the leases may be sent. Those provisions say nothing about the manner in which a party may be served with process in connection with a petition to vacate an arbitration award, to establish the court’s personal jurisdiction over the party. Merely providing a party with notice that a petition has been filed does not establish personal jurisdiction.” Abers v. Rohrs (Cal. App. Fourth Dist., Div. 3; July 15, 2013) 217 Cal.App.4th 1199.
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