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Receiving any type of court document can be frightening and stressful. While papers like summons and complaints indicate that you are somehow directly involved in a court case, a subpoena is slightly different. People around the country often receive subpoenas, even if they are not the plaintiff or defendant in a case, based on the need for their testimony in court.

Most people don’t welcome the process of a divorce, but for many couples it becomes necessary to end their marriage and move on in separate directions. Since marriage is a legal institution, divorce must also follow specific legal requirements. If you are currently beginning your divorce or suspecting it will occur in the near future, this guide will help you get started. Provide Appropriate Service of Process

As the world becomes a more complex place and lawsuits grow in popularity, process servers are finding themselves in higher demand than ever before. 2017 is proving to be an especially great time to be a process server, thanks to the many conferences, conventions, and training seminars available all over the country.

Though service of process through Facebook has not become a daily occurrence, many judges have approved the measure for spouses who cannot locate their soon to be exes through other means. However, one Brooklyn judge recently ruled in the opposite manner in the case of Manal H. Qaza.

It’s been nearly six months since 36-year-old process server Erin McCleskey tragically lost her life while attempting to serve civil trial papers at a home in rural Texas. Her death is a stark reminder of the critical nature of process server safety measures. The Timeline of the Attack According to the Chief Operating Officer for McCleskey’s employer, EZ Messenger, “The facts of the situation, as we know them, are that Erin arrived at the rural location in the late afternoon

America’s legislative system works to protect all innocent parties, which includes special efforts to protect civil servants like mailmen, fire fighters, and process servers. In Florida, for example, assaulting a process server is considered a felony charge. Statute 843.01 declares that any person who knowingly and willfully resists, obstructs, or opposes a person legally authorized to execute process by threatening or implementing violence will be guilty of a felony in the third degree. New York recently made legislative changes to

Most eight-year-old boys are playing outside, watching cartoons, or having fun with their favorite video games, but eight-year-old Peyton Whitehead of Missouri isn’t one of them. On only the second day of school, a deputy served Peyton with a restraining order as he sat in class. This seems harsh for a young child, but according to the father who filed for the restraining order on behalf of his children, it was a necessary protective measure. Based on the papers filed

The state of New York is working to protect its public servants recently by raising the penalty for those who assault process servers, cleaners at public transportation stations, and utility workers. The law was signed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, officially raising any such attack from a misdemeanor to a D felony subject to up to seven years in prison. In a press release, Governor Cuomo explained, “These workers perform tasks that are vital to the operation of New

Americans are hardly the only ones to be served papers for legal cases. The owners of the Scenic Hotel Group, a hotel accommodations company in New Zealand, recently served the Labour Party leader Andrew Little with papers to begin defamation proceedings. Scenic Hotel Group was founded in 1980 by American Earl Hagaman and his close friend Ralph Brown when Hagaman visited and immediately fell in love with New Zealand. Their first hotel was a 48-room inn on the West Coast

The joke about postal workers and dogs has long existed, but for good reason considering the number of postal workers who are chased, barked at, or even attacked by dogs on the properties they serve. Many mailmen have even sued over dog attacks in recent years. Process servers now must consider the same threat after the tragic death of Erin McCleskey, a 36-year-old process server from Travis County, Texas who was killed by dogs on the property while trying to