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Your affidavit should set out the reasons why personal service is impossible. If it's because you don't know where the respondent is, you should say so. You should also say that you have no means of contacting the respondent, for example, through family or friends. If you can't serve the respondent because they are avoiding service, you should describe how you've tried to serve the respondent and how often you've tried. | Your affidavit should set out the reasons why personal service is impossible. If it's because you don't know where the respondent is, you should say so. You should also say that you have no means of contacting the respondent, for example, through family or friends. If you can't serve the respondent because they are avoiding service, you should describe how you've tried to serve the respondent and how often you've tried. | ||
Because the respondent hasn't been served, you can make your application right away, without having to follow the usual rules that give the respondent time to reply to your application. You can file your application and have your application heard the same day. Apart from this, the remainder of your application <span class="noglossary">will</span> be just like the normal application process that is described in [[How Do I Make an Interim Application in a Family Law Matter in the Supreme Court?]] in the ''How Do I?'' | Because the respondent hasn't been served, you can make your application right away, without having to follow the usual rules that give the respondent time to reply to your application. You can file your application and have your application heard the same day. Apart from this, the remainder of your application <span class="noglossary">will</span> be just like the normal application process that is described in [[How Do I Make an Interim Application in a Family Law Matter in the Supreme Court?]] in the ''How Do I?'' part of this resource. | ||
==Options for substituted service== | ==Options for substituted service== | ||