Practice question
A server cannot personally find the wife after the prescribed attempts. At her residence he leaves her copies with her seventeen-year-old relative; the adult husband happens to be away. He reports that a jointly sued family has therefore been served. No other route applies. Which defect must be addressed for the wife?
- The substituted recipient fails the current eighteen-year minimum
- Every relative automatically qualifies
- Joint joinder abolishes recipient age
- The husband’s absence automatically cures service
- The household can waive her rights without authority
Legal references
- Current Rule14 relevant Sections5–6,11–12,14–16 and19–23: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html Individual spouse service and substituted residence service.
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