Ellanora B. recently asked a New York County Supreme Court Judge to allow her to serve divorce papers via a private message to her husband Victor’s Facebook account.
Because the guy had no fixed address or known place of employment, and private investigators were unable to locate him, the court concluded that serving him via Facebook was an acceptable form of service--as it was the most likely way to reach him. (Ellanora’s prior exchanges with Victor showed that he regularly logged into his Facebook account.)
While Ellanora was required to submit a supplemental affidavit verifying that the account was indeed Victor’s, the court didn’t direct the usual in-hand delivery or publication in a newspaper as a backup, because it believed that doing so would be unduly expensive and unlikely to get to the intended recipient.
Guess he’ll be updating his status, shortly
To view a copy of the Supreme Court’s decision, please use this link: B. v B.