Divorce over Facebook

Twenty-six-year-old Ellanora Baidoo of Brooklyn, New York has been trying to get a divorce from her husband for years. His name is Victor Blood-Dzraku. They haven't lived together since 2011 –and she has no idea where he is.
 
That's been a big problem, since her lawyers can't serve him with divorce papers if they can't find him.  Even their private investigators couldn't track him down.
 
But Victor is active on Facebook. So Ellanora went to court and asked if she could be the first person ever to serve divorce papers over Facebook.
 
A judge just granted them permission last week, and they sent him the papers in a Facebook message. So far, he hasn't responded.
 
The judge told them to try two more times — and if he still doesn't acknowledge it, the divorce will be official anyway. 
 
So we're like two legal cases away from being able to get divorced just by switching your relationship status on Facebook. 
 


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