In Mikulski v. Mikulski (1969) 2 Cal.App.3d 1047, the husband filed an action for divorce in California against his wife who was residing with their minor children in another state, alleging his willingness to make child support payments of a certain sum he deemed reasonable with custody of the children in the mother. The judgment of divorce entered after the mother's default contained an order for such child support payments. The court held: "By filing his action for divorce in the California court plaintiff husband placed before the court the issue of the dissolution of the marriage and the support of the minor children, and submitted himself and his status as husband and father to the jurisdiction of the court with respect to his cause of action. Plaintiff was personally before the court which had in personam jurisdiction over him thus the power to render a personal judgment against him." ( Id. , at p. 1051.)