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Divorce is rarely a happy occasion, and more often than not it is followed by emotional turmoil, financial stress, and legal woes. But what if your divorce is having trouble even beginning because you can’t locate your spouse? It’s more common than many people realize. When a couple remains separated for a long period of time, one spouse many change addresses and fail to inform the other spouse, either accidentally or intentionally. If you find yourself in the position of

The Internet and the cloud have come to rule life as we know it. From social media and Internet browsing to smart phones and Wi-Fi hotspots, there’s practically nowhere in daily life that modern technology does not reach. Until recently, process serving was one of those few places. Service of process, in which a party to a lawsuit provides legally appropriate notice of legal action to the responding party, has always been a person-to-person system. In most cases, a process

Legal battles and lawsuits have become a fact of life, leading people across the country to need service of process. Service of process is the act of providing the defendant in a legal case with the proper paperwork notifying him that action is being taken against him and he must defend himself. Given that many people don’t want to be served, this can be a tricky task. Service of Process was originally performed by sheriffs, but placing this duty solely

Private investigators in movies lurk in front of buildings with a long range camera, bag of potato chips, and crumpled suit. Despite this well-known stereotype, private investigators do play a very important role in Service of Process to ensure any involved parties are located. It’s always a possibility that a party involved in a Service of Process can’t (or doesn’t want to!) be found. However, legal proceedings cannot continue if proper Service of Process does not occur. For this reason,

Working with a local process server offers a wide variety of advantages for your legal firm. Although some law companies choose to work with a nationwide process server, believing that they’re working with a ‘better quality’ firm, in many instances, working with a local process server can actually save time and money in the long run. Here’s a few reasons why it’s beneficial to work with a locally based process server.

If you are reading this as a process server, chances are you did not choose this profession for the glamour. Most process servers choose to do it for the challenges it brings every day. To be a process server, you must have nerves of steel and always be prepared for anything that may happen requiring you to protect yourself or make a quick escape. The job is dangerous but with danger comes profit, right? This is not always the case.

In many cases, process servers face the problem of not having a viable physical address to serve papers to parties. Because of this, more judges across the nation are ruling that active social media accounts are now acceptable avenues to serving papers on individuals who cannot otherwise be reached at a home or place of business. These groundbreaking rulings received the most recent publicity in September 2014. A New York judge ruled that a man could serve his ex-wife via

Many people believe that by not answering the door for a process server, they can avoid being sued or having to go to court. After all, the lawsuit cannot begin until papers are served, right? Not necessarily. Florida courts have many provisions in place to ensure a legal process can take place as timely as possible, even if the person being served manages to dodge the process server several times in a row. If a process server cannot make contact

When a person receives a text message, it is second-nature to simply respond with the quickest answer possible. This is also a simple yet effective way to get candid responses from your skip target or from their relatives and acquaintances. According to the American Association for Public Opinion Research, a recent study shows overwhelming evidence that people are more truthful and disclose more sensitive information via text message than they will over the phone or in person. Anonymity and Accuracy

There can be any number of reasons you may need to get personal information on another person. This is often called skip tracing by professional private detectives, and it is something that anyone can do on their own once they have some tips on how to get started. Many consumers believe that only police or collection agencies can get personal information on someone. That is not true. They truth is anyone can get this information, and it also is true