After the Complaint is filed with the Court, the Defendant must be served.  The Defendant can be served in one of three ways: 1) Have a process server give the Summons and Complaint to the Defendant, 2) by certified mail, restricted delivery (the green card must be signed by Defendant and returned, so that it can be filed with the court) or 3) the Defendant can acknowledge service by signing the back of the Summons, which would then need to be filed with the court.

For more information on divorce, please refer to:

• Divorce Overview
  
• Pre-Divorce Procedure
  
• Complaint for Divorce
• Determining Jurisdiction and Filing the Complaint
• Filing Procedure
• Grounds for Divorce
• Ex Parte Orders
• Answering the Complaint for Divorce
• Discovery
• Mediation
• Arbitration
• Trial
• Trial Procedure
• Mandatory Waiting Period
• Judgment on Divorce
• Consent Judgment on Divorce
• Entry of the Judgment of Divorce
• Enforcement of the Terms of the Judgment of Divorce