Notice is the mechanism by which a proceeding reaches a person, and it fails in predictable ways. What the notice must contain, who may deliver it, whether personal delivery is required, when mail suffices, what substituted service and publication require, and how service abroad works are all governed by rules that a defective attempt does not satisfy. This subject covers giving notice properly and proving afterwards that it was given.
Where a recipient avoids service, the route forward is an application for an alternative method, and the application is only as good as the record of failed attempts behind it. Varied times, different addresses, contemporaneous notes and evidence that the person is at the location are what convert repeated failure into an order permitting something else.
