Getting Divorced in New York? Serve the Papers on Facebook

A New York Judge ruled it’s OK to serve divorce papers via Facebook http://t.co/OYb17JeYuO $FB pic.twitter.com/i1KZ4lLUH6

— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 7, 2015

It may be the coldest possible way to do it. The ruling may nevertheless prove appropriate in some cases. From the Wall Street Journal:

Previously, if you couldn’t find a defendant, you had to leave the notice at a last-known address or publish it in a newspaper, and there was no guarantee the defendant would know about it…

In that context, getting served via Facebook may actually be an improvement. Besides, does the news really sting less served any other way?