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—Service in General —
When you start a court case (or in certain other situation), you must serve (i.e. deliver) court documents (giving notice of the case) to the other parties by arranging personal or alternative to personal service (see Personal Service article) With some exceptions, once the other party has filed his/her initial court documents giving their address for service, they can then be sent documents in the case by regular service. Regular Service A lawyer gets "on the record" by filing court documents listing themselves as a party's lawyer. (A lawyer providing limited scope services [see article] is not "on the record".) A lawyer ceases to be on the record when:
Where there is a lawyer on the record, documents should be served through the lawyer, not directly on the party. Documents can be served:
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