Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Can a court order be served at the persons place of employment?

I believe my wife is trying to remove me from her house. Can the person serving the order come to my place of employment to serve me?





Are they allowed to talk to my boss and co-workers to find out where I might be?





I work in a very secure area so unless you have a badge or are escorted you can't come in. And you have to have a valid reason to be escorted in. Think they'd go through the trouble?

Can a court order be served at the persons place of employment?
They can be served to you anywhere. Do they have a valid reason to be at your work, yes. They are going to serve you. However, it would be up to your employer to allow them in the "secured" area.





If they do not allow them back their, they just may wait until you get off work when you are in the parking lot to serve you!
Reply:I almost hit the point where I would put a pencil in my eye and carve out the part of my brain that cares. Years ago I went through a similar thing.





You are going to be served at some point no matter what. You need to choose if you want to involve your work. You need your job regardless of what happens.





Go home, pack your bags, leave and be done with it with no discussion. Odds are she would never think that you are capable of this. Then you can maybe work it out.
Reply:Are they allowed to? Yes.





Will they? Who knows?





If your wife is trying to remove from the house, then she knows where you live - the process server will probably try there first. You don't say where you live, but in many jurisdictions you can even be legally served by them just mailing it to your known address.





Richard
Reply:Yes, they can. That said, any rules of your place of employment would have to be obeyed. Rather than trying to hide, meet it head on. If the home is hers, and there is legal justification for her efforts, your best bet is to comply. It always looks better to the court if you are trying to be a compliant with what they feel is right. Making a fuss over something when you have no legal basis to do so makes you look bad to the court.
Reply:Yes, Is it for a restraining order? Because you said she is trying to remove you from her house. If it is a restraining order the server is normally a cop. And yes they will go thru the trouble to serve you.


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