context: P23 We have since clarified that jurisdiction is comprised of only two components: jurisdiction over the person and subject matter jurisdiction. "Subject matter jurisdiction" refers to a court's ability to entertain a type of case, not to its authority to enter an order in a particular case.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.parenthetical: "[e]ither a court has subject matter jurisdiction or it does not"
citation_a.sentence: See ZDI Gaming, Inc., 173 Wn.2d at 618 (“ ‘[i]f the type of controversy is within the subject matter jurisdiction, then all other defects or errors go to something other than subject matter jurisdiction’ ” (internal quotation marks omitted) (quoting Marley v. Dep’t of Labor & Indus., 125 Wn.2d 533, 539, 886 P.2d 189 (1994))); Schneider, 173 Wn.2d at 360 (stating the legislature limited the superior courts’ authority, not jurisdiction, to modify another state’s child support order by adopting the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, chapter 26.21A RCW); see also Williams v. Leone & Keeble, Inc., 171 Wn.2d 726, 730, 254 P.3d 818 (2011) (“[e]ither a court has subject matter jurisdiction or it does not”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 173 Wn.2d 360, 360
citation_b.parenthetical: stating the legislature limited the superior courts' authority, not jurisdiction, to modify another state's child support order by adopting the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, chapter 26.21A RCW
citation_b.sentence: See ZDI Gaming, Inc., 173 Wn.2d at 618 (“ ‘[i]f the type of controversy is within the subject matter jurisdiction, then all other defects or errors go to something other than subject matter jurisdiction’ ” (internal quotation marks omitted) (quoting Marley v. Dep’t of Labor & Indus., 125 Wn.2d 533, 539, 886 P.2d 189 (1994))); Schneider, 173 Wn.2d at 360 (stating the legislature limited the superior courts’ authority, not jurisdiction, to modify another state’s child support order by adopting the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, chapter 26.21A RCW); see also Williams v. Leone & Keeble, Inc., 171 Wn.2d 726, 730, 254 P.3d 818 (2011) (“[e]ither a court has subject matter jurisdiction or it does not”).