CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure Before Trial/Hearing
......Service of Process
.........Manner of Service
............Personal
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Personal service may be accomplished by personal delivery of copy of summons and complaint on person to be served.

Who may serve summons.

Alternative service may be authorized in DV cases where defendant is evading service.

Mailing address cannot be marked "unknown" for purposes of CCP 587 merely because personal service could not be effected at that address; default should have been set aside as defective affidavit of mailing was prejudicial to D.

Person affected by TRO may not personally serve D.

Personal service by a party renders any judgment or order arising from the proceeding void, despite D's actual notice.