My question involves restraining orders in the State of: CAL
Hello, I'm a female residing in the State of California. I am looking into getting an order of protection against an individual that lives in the State of IL, however i know that it will be almost impossible to get him served with papers. I have done some research online but unfortunately at this time i don't have alot of the money to spend on attorneys, process servers, court fees, etc. My fear is starting the process of getting the order of protection against this individual, spending thousands of dollars on an attorney to file for me and then I have to pay a process server to go out to his home and "try" to serve him (multiple times). I know they will never get him served. He works out of the home and rarely leaves it. I can't even imagine how much it will cost (me) every time the process server attempts to serve him with papers. I'm assuming i have to pay for each attempt even if he is never properly served. So my question is, how many times do i have to file with the court for the restraining order and how many times does he have to be attempted to be served with papers before some kind of "default" judgment kicks in?
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