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Of course, not everyone is willing to be nice about things and cooperate with service. When the respondent is avoiding service, you can get an order that they be served in some other way than the usual, proper way. This is called ''substituted service''. | Of course, not everyone is willing to be nice about things and cooperate with service. When the respondent is avoiding service, you can get an order that they be served in some other way than the usual, proper way. This is called ''substituted service''. | ||
You <span class="noglossary">will</span> have to prove that you can't serve the respondent in the normal manner before you <span class="noglossary">will</span> be allowed to serve them substitutionally, so you'll have to provide the court with an affidavit from your process server describing how the respondent is avoiding service, or your own affidavit stating that you don't know where the respondent is and that they can't be found. | You <span class="noglossary">will</span> have to prove that you can't serve the respondent in the normal manner before you <span class="noglossary">will</span> be allowed to serve them substitutionally, so you'll have to provide the court with an affidavit from your process server describing how the respondent is avoiding service, or your own affidavit stating that you don't know where the respondent is and that they can't be found, and setting out all of the steps you have taken to find them. | ||
The court has a fairly wide latitude when it comes to making orders for substituted service. The court can order that the respondent be served by: | The court has a fairly wide latitude when it comes to making orders for substituted service. The court can order that the respondent be served by: | ||