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Service of Process

Delivery of a writ, summons, or other legal papers to the person required to respond to them.

Process is the general term for the legal document by which a lawsuit is started and the court asserts its jurisdiction over the parties and the controversy. In modern U.S. law, process is usually a summons. A summons is a paper that tells a defendant that he is being sued in a specific court that the plaintiff believes has jurisdiction. Served with the summons is a complaint that contains the plaintiff's allegations of wrongdoing by the defendant and the legal remedy sought by the plaintiff. The summons also informs the defendant that he has a specified number of days under law to respond to the summons and complaint. If the defendant does not respond, the plaintiff may seek a default judgment from the court, granting the plaintiff the legal relief specified in the complaint.

Rules of civil procedure and criminal procedure determine the proper form of legal process and how it should be served. The rules vary among federal and state courts, but they are meant to give the defendant notice of the proceedings and to command him to either respond to the allegations or to appear at a specified time and answer the claim or criminal charge. The concept of notice is critical to the integrity of legal proceedings. Due process forbids legal action against a person unless the person has been given notice and an opportunity to be heard.

Process must be properly served on all parties in an action. Anyone who is not served is not bound by the decision in the case. A person who believes that proper service has not taken place may generally challenge the service without actually making a formal appearance in the case.

Whether service was proper is usually determined at a pretrial hearing. A defendant must request a special appearance before the court. A special appearance is made for the limited purpose of challenging the sufficiency of the service of process or the personal jurisdiction of the court. No other issues may be raised without the proceeding becoming a general appearance. The court must then determine whether it has jurisdiction over the defendant.

























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Child Support Enforcement

The Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement reveals a steady decline in the collection of child support monies across the nation. It is estimated that somewhere around $105 Billion US Dollars is owed to the children of the United States of America – enough to fund the war in Iraq. To some people these figures may sound startling, but keep this in mind; the statistics only reflect those reported cases. It does not reveal the number of people who, for what ever reason, decided not to report their cases because of the dreadful notion of never being able to collect for there children. The true numbers for the collections of child support is astonishing.

Under the U.S. Departmant of Health and Human Service is the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement which is responsible for all state Child Support Enforcement Agencies.  Like all other federal agencies they report their acheivements and failures to the U.S. Congress. In their most recent report which ranges from  fiscal year 2000 to 2005 the DHHS  outlines the arrears for all 50 states. Maryland in particular arrears deficit was around $1.3 Billion Dollars in fiscal year 2000 and grew to $1.4 Billion. An increase of $155,207,297.00. Virginia grew from $1.7 Billion to 2 Billion an increase of $355,365,066. The District of Columbia orginal deficit started with $321,920,123 and spread to $362,803,959, a mere increase of $40,883,836 by 2005. Of which none of these figure are considererd insignificant

We believe and the statistics illustrate that the government cannot do it alone. There must be effective enforcement in place to protect the options of the parents of the children in need. The government’s continued inability to deal with the collection of child support will only continue to grow unless parents exercise their options. From establishing paternity to enforcing the court orders for support payments; we can assist in locating, enforcing and collecting support from non-custodial parents or anyone ordered to pay support.

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