Q: What should I do now?
I filed for divorce a few weeks ago now. I sent a copy to his last known address and I have had no luck with anyone signing for the letter at all. What should I do now?
A: What you should have done in the first place - hire an attorney. If your transmission breaks and you are not a mechanic you wouldn't in a million years think to yourself, I gots a screw driver and some duct tape I'm gonna fix that sucker meself. So why with the law, something arguably more important than a transmission does everyone think - hey I can do that? Often people think they might save money doing their own divorce - truth is they often end up spending more than if they would have hired an attorney.Assuming your divorce complaint was drafted and filed properly and you didn't either put something in you don't need and / or leave something out that you do, the way to obtain service of process when you don't know where the defendant lives is to serve by legal publication in an approved newspaper in the area where you last knew him to live. The publication requires very specific wording and timing - this is not something you will likely be able to do on your own.
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