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Can a divorce be granted if the respondent’s whereabouts are unknown?

April 26, 2017divorce GRANTED respondent unknown whereabouts

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Can a divorce be granted if the respondent’s whereabouts are unknown?

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If the filing spouse has made a good faith effort to locate the missing spouse, and can swear under oath that the current whereabouts of the other spouse are unknown, then the missing spouse can be “served” by publication of notice in a local newspaper.