§160.85. Diligent Efforts to Serve Process

The Department shall make diligent efforts to serve process upon a responsible relative when necessary to establish, modify or enforce support under Sections 160.60, 160.65 and 160.70, as follows:

 

a)         The Department shall obtain information concerning:

 

1)         the responsible relative's whereabouts, including without limitation:

 

A)        the relative's home address;

 

B)        the address of the relative's employer;

 

C)        the addresses of family and friends who might know of the relative's whereabouts; or

 

D)        places frequented by the relative; and

 

2)         the responsible relative's identification, including without limitation:

 

A)        the relative's Social Security Number; or

 

B)        the relative's physical description;

 

b)         The Department shall furnish such information to the Sheriff or other process server; and

 

c)         When sufficient whereabouts and identification information for service continue to exist, the Department shall cause an alias summons to issue:

 

1)         as soon as practicable after the first "not found" return; and

 

2)         anytime new information is obtained; and

 

3)         six months after each "not found" return, until service is effected.

 

(Source:  Added at 17 Ill. Reg. 2272, effective February 11, 1993)