Thank you Michelle! You all have been very quick and responsive and if I ever have any other service needs in California I will definitely use Direct Legal Support, Inc.! Have a great day! Stephanie H. Yoder, Paralegal Case Lombardi & Pettit Honolulu,...
Service of Process through Facebook There has been a steady increase in recent court orders and proposed state legislation allowing service of process through Facebook. U.S. courts typically require plaintiffs to personally serve and deliver the summons and complaint...
In response to state-imposed budget cuts, the Los Angeles Superior Court will cease providing ADR services effective March 11, 2013. ADR Services will stop accepting referrals to the Party Select and Random Select (Pro Bono) Panels and for arbitrations, mediations,...
Starting March 18, 2013, the Los Angeles Superior Court will start the court consolidation plan, which will include courthouse closures, shorter hours of operation and reduced Court Staff. “To address a significant budget shortfall for the 2013-2014 Fiscal Year, the...
Throughout a lawsuit, each party is required to make sure that other parties are notified of all proceedings and given copies of all documents filed with the court. This requirement to “serve” notice of court-filed documents can be met through a variety of methods....
California Assembly Bill 2364, which became effective at the beginning of 2013, revises the process of serving a bank or financial institution that has more than 9 branch offices in the state of California. All such financial institutions keep a location on file with...
New California Law Streamlines Procedures for Judgment Creditors to Serve Bank Levies The California Legislature has made it easier for those who have won judgments in lawsuit – “judgment-creditors” – to collect damages from losing parties’ assets in bank deposit...
If you file a lawsuit and then win your case at trial, and the other party is ordered to pay you money or turn over property, then you are the “judgment creditor” who is entitled to collect that amount from the losing party, the “judgment debtor.” A...
How to achieve Substituted Service of Process in California.. Well at the beginning of a lawsuit, a plaintiff is required to personally serve and deliver the summons and complaint of his/her cause of action to each named defendant. California Code of Civil Procedure...
In November, the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles Superior Court approved the geographic and caseload consolidation in efforts to avoid a projected budget shortfall in 2013. In addition to the hopes of avoiding the shortfall, the consolidation and reassignment...
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