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Judge Allows Divorce Papers To Be Served Via Facebook

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-unfriend-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes Want to divorce your husband or wife but can't give them the papers in person? Just use Facebook. No, apparently this isn't a late April Fools' joke. The New York Daily News reports Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Matthew Cooper has allowed 26-year-old Ellanora Baidoo to serve her husband Victor Sena Blood-Dzraku divorce papers via a Facebook message. In fact, Baidoo won't even be the one sending the message. Her lawyer has been granted permission to message Blood-Dzraku using her account. "This transmittal shall be repeated by plaintiff's attorney to defendant once a week for three consecutive weeks or until acknowledged," the ruling states.

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  1. Can you blame her? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    With a name like Victor Sena Blood-Dzraku her husband is obviously a vampire or something. I would want to deliver divorce papers from as far away as possible too.

    1. Re:Can you blame her? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      It actually sounds as if she married a World Of Warcraft character, hence the need for the online divorce proceedings.

  2. Still No Word... by Greyfox · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's still no word on delivering them via catapult. The law seems to frown on this particular method.

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  3. Re:I'm not surprised by sycodon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Next, one spouse will just have to proclaim loudly, "I divorce thee, I divorce thee, I divorce thee!"

    Done. Easy as Pie.

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  4. Data mining by CanadianMacFan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Great now Facebook can data mine that you are getting court papers and start serving up ads for divorce lawyers.