Location: Los Angeles County, California
Long story short, I’m fighting for sole legal custody for my son from my ex who is fighting for legal joint custody.
I got served papers yesterday, but he used my address as his address as the petitioner address. He is no longer staying with me since I broke it off with him. He was homeless and apparently got a place to say. He also won’t tell me the address.
Is this even legal for him to do that? There is a case number attached it.
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NAL, but former process server. You’ve been served. End of story. Nothing you mentioned changes that fact.
You been served, you need to show up to court regardless.
The first purpose of a plaintiff listing his/her address is to show that the court has jurisdiction and that venue is proper.
The other purpose … if the plaintiff is representing himself, you need his address so that you can mail legal papers to him. If he has an attorney it’s less important to have his address.
In any event, you’ve been served and cannot ignore the pleadings he served on you. You should call this situation to the court’s attention, especially if he is representing himself.
Court should definitely be made aware if the other party is homeless or has an unstable living situation.