Legal Opinion
Schulz v. Doeppe
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 5, 2018No. Docket: Oxf–17–366PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAUFLEY, C.J.,
[¶ 1] When Hendrik Doeppe's wife, Claudia Schulz, filed a complaint for protection from abuse against him in the District Court located in South Paris, Doeppe fled to Florida in order to evade service of process, leaving Schulz and the couple's two-year-old daughter in Maine. Two months later, Schulz prepared a complaint for divorce from Doeppe, but neither she nor the Oxford County Sheriff's Office was able to serve him with the divorce complaint.
[¶ 2] On Schulz's showing that she had diligently searched for Doeppe and that he was evading service, the court (South Paris,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Milliken v. MeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Gaeth v. DeaconSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2009
- Pelletier v. PelletierSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2012
- Griffin v. BiermanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2008
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