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Serving a Summons

A summons is simply a piece of paper that informs someone about a court action.

In a divorce, a summons is a piece of paper that informs one spouse that the other spouse has filed for divorce. The delivery of this piece of paper is called the "serving" of the summons.

Sometimes, a spouse goes to the other spouse's lawyer's office to pick it up. Sometimes a representative of the court system hand delivers it. Sometimes it is mailed out.

The key thing, from the perspective of the court system, is that the other spouse have formal notification of the divorce filing.

What if a spouse can not be found?

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