Tag: service of process
Insurance for Process Service Agencies
“THE BIG FOUR” and WHY THEY ARE IMPORTANT Most Process Service Agencies are familiar with the term Errors and Omissions Insurance, but E & O is only one piece of the insurance puzzle. The following will provide you with some information on what I like to call “The Big Four” and why they should be [...]
Serving Divorce Papers is Never without Drama or Humor
The Toilet Woman When I got the divorce papers for service on the eighty year old wife, I could see drama spelled out on the pages like a sarcastic soap opera, featuring the kind of characters you’d see in a film like Raising Arizona. The real-life setting was just as disturbing — a rural double-wide [...]
Dropping A Summons And Complaint Outside A Door Makes Good Service
The Server Must Know The Defendant Is Inside By J. Craig Williams, Esq. First-year law students grind through the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, but perhaps nothing is more entertaining in that class than the ways you can serve a complaint on a defendant. Which is to say that the class is otherwise extremely boring, [...]
Service of Process Via Email
Northern Virginia Judge Considering Service of Process Via E-mail Service of process via e-mail is not just gaining acceptance in Australia (read our previous article regarding serving process through Facebook). Now, several Virginia attorneys are hoping they will be able to convince a Federal District Court Judge to approve a motion to serve a summons [...]
Service of Process via Facebook
Australian attorneys can now serve enforceable court documents by posting them on a defendant’s Facebook profile. An Australian Supreme Court judge ruled that lawyers could use the social networking site to serve court notices. Email and SMS text messages via mobile phone have been used before to serve Australian court documents, but the Aussie attorneys [...]
Increase Private Investigation Agency Income Through Service of Process
Today’s economic climate creates an increasingly difficult environment for private investigators and investigation agency owners to thrive, be successful and remain profitable. In recent years, insurance companies, both public and privately owned corporations, attorneys and private clients have all tightened their belts as financial resources become leaner for everyone. We have seen a continuing trend [...]
In Memory of Steven D. Allen
Steven D. Allen was killed on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 while attempting to deliver divorce papers and a restraining order to Loveland, Colorado resident James Scott Whitler. Whitler has been arrested and is currently being held without bail on murder charges. Whitler brutally bludgeoned Mr. Allen with a baseball bat and stabbed him to death [...]
