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You may not serve the documents yourself. Another person must do it. o You may request the Sheriff's office in the county where your spouse lives to serve the other side.

Someone else, 18 or older, who is not involved in the case, must serve the defendant. There are three ways to serve someone: by certified mail, sheriff, and private process. Select how you wish to have the Defendant served by checking the box on your Complaint form.

Instead, the new law, going into effect for all divorces filed AFTER October 1, 2023, authorizes a court to grant a divorce on the new grounds of 1) six-month separation, if the parties have lived separate and apart for six months without interruption before filing the divorce or 2) irreconciliable differences based on ...

Some instances, an entire case, a. document, or information in a document is considered restricted information by law and cannot be viewed by the public. You must use the restricted information form to tell the court that there is a court document or information in a court document that is restricted by law.

When proof is made by affidavit that a defendant has acted to evade service, the court may order that service be made by mailing a copy of the summons, complaint, and all other papers filed with it to the defendant at the defendant's last known residence and delivering a copy of each to a person of suitable age and ...

Serving Documents A person who files a complaint for divorce may have a sheriff, private process server, or another individual serve the defendant with the summons and other appropriate paperwork on their behalf. When a defendant is served, the clock starts ticking on their lawsuit.