[jQuery] [validate] jQuery can't access children in the returned data

[jQuery] [validate] jQuery can't access children in the returned data


Can't anyone help me figure it out why this is happening?
$(".ajaxForm").validate({
    submitHandler: function(form) {
        $(form).ajaxSubmit({
            dataType: 'html',
            success: function(responseText){
                console.log( $(responseText) );         //returns 'Object length=61'
                console.log( $('body',responseText) ); //returns 'Object
length=0'
                console.log( $(responseText)[59] );      //returns '<div
class="content">' whose parent is <body>
    }
        });
...