Getting served

[meanyjack]

Could it hurt for her to TRY?

9-1-1 is for emergency purposes and I am a HUGE proponent of cities going after people who use 9-1-1 for anything less than an emergency.

911 is for PROTECTION, keep in mind that she obtained EMERGENCY CUSTODY, do you think she'd be getting emergency custody from a man that was SAFE to be serving? NO.

You don't know what the hell you're talking about. 9-1-1 IS FOR EMERGENCIES!!! Not for "protection". Period!!! WTH?!? A gun is "protection". A mean-ass dog is "protection." Most police departments have (or should have) a non-emergency number to dial. And if you need police assistance for service, then you should be hiring a process server to do this, as they are trained.

Geeze, instead of tearing me apart you could have offered the poor woman some advice of your own.

And you can take your "advice" and cram it. Educate YOURSELF.

 

[meanyjack]

Calling 911 to SERVE papers ranks right up there with calling them because your sandwich order is incorrect.

Or they ran out of McNuggets!

 

[meanyjack]

yes, to serve papers also.

They "suggest", as you stated. They do not require it. And serving papers is not a "custody dispute."

Here we go again with using words one does not know the meaning of. A custody dispute is a parent not turning over the children at a prescribed time as noted in a court order, for example.

Now, if I lived in KILLAdelphia, I'd be all over the police to stop wasting resources and tax $$$ on doing stuff they should not be doing. Philly has monster fish to fry than assisting some parent in serving some freaking papers.

Plus, in many states, it clearly states HOW service is to be executed. If I was a party in an action and I attempted to serve papers directly to that other party, it would not be proper service in many states.

 

[3junebugs]

They "suggest", as you stated. They do not require it. And serving papers is not a "custody dispute."

Here we go again with using words one does not know the meaning of. A custody dispute is a parent not turning over the children at a prescribed time as noted in a court order, for example.

Now, if I lived in KILLAdelphia, I'd be all over the police to stop wasting resources and tax $$$ on doing stuff they should not be doing. Philly has monster fish to fry than assisting some parent in serving some freaking papers.

Plus, in many states, it clearly states HOW service is to be executed. If I was a party in an action and I attempted to serve papers directly to that other party, it would not be proper service in many states.

Hey, I totally agree with you. The cops shouldn't be involved in this pettiness. But it has become a standard for when you file contempt. If you don't have a police report to 'prove' you were there when you were supposed to be, or the other parent was not where they were supposed to be, you don't get far.

Philly family court is jacked up and far from the norm, not to mention the city as a whole

 

[Anjelita]

They "suggest", as you stated. They do not require it. And serving papers is not a "custody dispute."

Here we go again with using words one does not know the meaning of. A custody dispute is a parent not turning over the children at a prescribed time as noted in a court order, for example.

Now, if I lived in KILLAdelphia, I'd be all over the police to stop wasting resources and tax $$$ on doing stuff they should not be doing. Philly has monster fish to fry than assisting some parent in serving some freaking papers.

Plus, in many states, it clearly states HOW service is to be executed. If I was a party in an action and I attempted to serve papers directly to that other party, it would not be proper service in many states.

Like I said, the Master SUGGESTED that I have police escort the server. I was also given an instruction sheet on how to serve the papers and contacting the police to serve them was the first option, especially for abuse cases. I did what I was told, I don't make the rules nor do I particularly agree with them, I just followed them.

If I was trying to serve just regular old Custody Modification papers would I have asked for a police escort? No. I was serving papers that granted temporary emergency custody due to aggrivated assault of a minor, to someone with a VERY violent history. The police were MORE than cooperative and willing to help, as a matter of fact I was not the only person there (at the police station) getting papers served. I really don't know how things are done in other states, but that's how it's done here.

As for the broken door, I sure didn't ask them to break it down. Philly cops don't take kindly to people slamming doors in their faces, especially when they're serving papers to a child abuser with a pending aggrivated assault charge.