Proper notice mattered.

I did not want a hearing delayed because I had asked a frightened bus driver to do a task he was not prepared to do.

Vance did carry a courtesy envelope to the school administration, containing notice from counsel that an urgent custody matter was pending.

It was not the formal service on Ronald.

The private server handled that separately and filed the appropriate return.

I saw the handover outside Ronald’s financial services building the following day.