Meg is right. If you go file something in the court, you have made a general appearance, and in almost all cases have waved objections to service.

There are ‘special appearances’ but these are best handled by a lawyer. Moreover I think paying a lawyer to do a ‘special appearance’ to quash sewer service, prior to any ruling by the court, is mostly a waist of time and money, for the court will say, now you know about the action, file an answer.

If you were never served, and the court has made findings or rulings, then attacking service makes sense, so as to put aside the orders entered by the court that you were not party too.

In Florida (and many other states), If, after diligent attempts, Plaintiff is unable to prefect service on you in person, service can be done by of a legal notice in an advertisement. This takes longer but the court is able to obtain jurisdiction over you and move forward.

So just because you have not been served, don’t assume you are in the clear. If you know a case was filed, and you have not been served, you must still keep a sharp eye on the docket sheet .

My case Astoria Federal S & L /Successor in Interest to Fidelity NY FSB v. Mariilyn Lane started when
Fidelity NY hid Four of my mortgage checks in order to fake a default ,accelerate,,foreclose and demand real money for the bank’s fake money ( always remember credit and money are not the same thing.)

In 2008 I made two motions in New York Supreme Court to vacate two void judgments ab initio of June 30 1997 pursuant to US Supreme Court Case Elliot vs. Piersol. which states:

Under Federal law which is applicable to all states the US Supreme Court stated that if a Court is “without Authority its judgments and orders are regarded as nullities. They are not voidable but simply void and form no bar to recovery sought even prior to reversal in opposition to them. They constiitute no justification

Astoria Federal had gotten rid of the very corrupt attorneys Mullooly Jeffrey Rooney and Flynn seven years prior and Astoria’s new attorneys Mr Arthur Walsh of O’Reilly Marsh and Corselli looking at the dates knowing that Astoria sold my two properties without ever owning them stated in front of Jujdge Alice Schlesinger “Its Indemnify Indemnify Indemnify” – we are stepping aside and the title attorneys are stepping in.

Who steps in but the corrupt attorney Thomas P Malone of Fidelity National Title and corrupt attorney David Fiveson of Coronet Title. They do not want to indemnify but want to be Intervenors instead and be heard and what they told the court is Time makes a Forged deed good, and that they had “equity” (Forged Deeds convey no title) . The only “equity” they were talking of was money under the table for Judge Alice Schlessinger and she ruled against the law of US Supreme Court case Elliot v. Piersol.

I don’t know if Judge Alice Schlesinger is dumb but she sure is Corrupt.

I wrote a simple letter to William P Foley CEO of Fidelity National Title and former chair of LPS DOCX “what went wrong that your New Yor attorney Thomas P Malone finds himself fighting for a forged deed?” Fidelity Titles answer to me was “…it is proper…”

N ow that we all know about LPS Docx it is no wonder William P Foley thinks Forgeries are good.

If you are not properly served within 120 days of the filing of the complaint, your case can be dismissed.

Gotta love this story – http://www.floridaforeclosuredefenselawyersblog.com/2010/10/more-invalid-service-of-process-by-provest-in-clay-county-foreclosure-cases.html