Judge rules Brooklyn woman can use Facebook to serve divorce papers
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Matthew Cooper has allowed 26-year-old Ellanora Baidoo to serve her husband divorce papers through a Facebook message.
Baidoo and her husband Victor Sena Blood-Dzraku were married in 2009 but never actually lived together. Her hard-to-reach husband has no fixed address and no place of employment.
He has also refused to make himself available to be served with the divorce documents.
Cooper wrote: “Under the circumstances presented here, service by Facebook, albeit novel and non-traditional, is the form of service that most comports with the constitutional standards of due process.
“Not only is it reasonably calculated to provide defendant with notice that he is being sued for divorce, but every indication is that it will achieve what should be the goal of every method of service: actually delivering the summons to him.”
The plaintiff’s attorney will message Blood-Dzraku once a week for three consecutive weeks or until he acknowledges the message. Baidoo and her attorney will also call and text the defendant to let him know that the papers have been sent to him through Facebook.