Posted on Thu, Oct 08, 2009
Attorney John Pavlas’ office contacted us and advised that a Private Process Server had thus far been unsuccessful in executing service upon an adverse party in a Harris County divorce case. The adverse party was the mother of 2 children and, as a result of a recent and significant incident of negligence, was therefore being sought for service of legal process which would require that she re-appear in a Family Court of Law.
Investigator Pellerin recalls meeting with the Private Process Server in order to pick up the legal documents. The process server advised Pellerin that he was formerly in law enforcement and rarely had this type of difficulty in serving legal process upon litigants. “I’ve sat up on her house for hours and I’ve even tried catching her at work and I can’t get her to come up to the front…well here you go, good luck with this one”.
Investigator Stewart Batsell confirmed this person’s current employer but rather than inquire for her at the receptionist’s office, Investigator tracked down her vehicle among several hundred other vehicles in a multi-level parking garage and established a discreet surveillance position within this garage. That afternoon, a female who physically and characteristically matched the description of this person as described by Mr. Pavlas’ Client, appeared from one of the elevator banks and began walking cautiously and attentively toward her vehicle. Convinced that this female was in fact the litigant involved in this litigation, Investigator Batsell exited his vehicle and promptly executed service upon this person. In spite of the fact that this person attempted to deceive Investigator Batsell of her true identity and subsequently began to dramatically draw attention to this simple and routine legal service, valid process service was in fact finally executed upon another evasive litigant without incident.
