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Process servers and other civil servants have entered the month of November with a bit of extra protection to their names. On November 1, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s bill to protect process servers from assault went into official effect. New York joined three other states, California, Florida, and Illinois, to take specific measures to protect vulnerable workers. Workers who clean public transportation states and utility workers are also included in the bill. Now an attack on any such person is not

Restraining orders aren’t uncommon among grown adults, even between divorced couples embroiled in bitter conflict, but they typically do not apply to young children. Until now. A restraining order is a temporary court order that can be requested in order to protect an individual from contact with another person who is deemed dangerous. While most eight-year-old boys are playing outside or watching cartoons, Peyton Whitehead of Missouri is dealing with the fallout from being served a restraining order in his

Wells Fargo has long been viewed as a reliable, legitimate, and upscale banking institution, but its reputation has come crumbling down in the past weeks as lawsuits and allegations have been splashed across newspaper headlines. The problems began when Wells Fargo was ordered by federal regulators to pay $190 million at the beginning of September. The fine came as a response to the discovery that Wells Fargo employees had secretly created millions of unauthorized bank and credit card accounts without

It often seems that bad relationship luck follows reality stars and celebrities around like an inescapable black cloud. The divorce between Real Housewives of New York’s Jules Wainstein and her soon-to-be-ex Michael Wainstein is no exception. This July, Michael served Jules with divorce papers after the two officially decided to end their marriage. Trouble in Paradise Long before Jules was served her divorce papers, trouble was brewing between the couple. Though it can be hard to determine the exact circumstances

If you have an eye on the news for stories about process servers getting into difficult situations, you’ll know that dangerous events occur on a daily basis for the process servers tasked with serving papers to those in legal hot water. For as many people who realize that the process server is nothing more than a messenger, just as many unleash the full depths of their anger and violence on the process server unlucky enough to walk up to the

The role of a process server is actually set out in the Constitution, where it is stated that service of due process is a privilege to all citizens. This means that all Americans have the right to be properly informed that they are being summoned for some type of legal court action. A process server, then, is the messenger to notify any individual of his involvement in a legal issue. Before cities and town became as large and sprawling as

Legal issues between two people are complicated enough, but things can get very messy when a business becomes embroiled in the court process. Businesses can indeed be served court papers, but service of process takes a bit more planning and care than when serving an individual. Who Gets Served?

As any process server can tell you, being tasked with enforcing legal service of process is a tough job. Not only are you responsible for delivering news that is likely going to be unwelcomed by the recipient, but you must track down people across the state—or country—when they really don’t want to be found. We all know that process servers are merely the humble messengers delivering court documents, but that doesn’t stop emotions from surging when defendants hear the words

Until you’re involved in some form of court proceeding, you may not even know what it means to receive service of process. If you do find yourself being served papers, don’t fret. Here’s what you need to know to appropriately respond to the situation. Getting served, while possibly upsetting and stressful, simply means that you are being informed, with a big stack of paperwork, that you are now involved in a court proceeding. Legal grounds could revolve around divorce, foreclosure,