Well, a Brooklyn woman recently took our uses of social media to a new level recently when she scored a judge's approval to legally change her relationship status to "single" by using Facebook. What the hell does that even mean? I'm about to tell you. In a landmark ruling, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Matthew Cooper is allowing a nurse name Ellanora Baidoo to serve her elusive husband with divorce papers via a Facebook message. So, basically, she's allowed to serve this guy (pictured here) divorce papers using Facebook. WHAT? So, now we can be served just because they see us online? Is that even fair?
26-year-old Baidoo was "granted permission to serve the defendant with the divorce summons using a private message through Facebook," with her lawyer messaging Victor Sena Blood-Dzraku through her Facebook account. Judge Cooper stated "This transmittal shall be repeated by the plaintiff's attorney to the defendant once a week for three consecutive weeks or until acknowledged" by her hard-to-find husband. Yeah, right! If he's avoiding her, I doubt he will be acknowledging any sort of message from her. Baidoo's lawyer, Andrew Spinnell said, "I think it's new law, and it's necessary."
Baidoo and Blood-Dzraku tied the knot with a civil ceremony back in 2009, but their relationship crumbled when Blood-Dzraku reneged on his promise to have a traditional Ghanaian wedding ceremony as well. Both Baidoo and Blood-Dzraku are from Ghana. Spinnell explained that Baidoo wanted their families at the wedding. As a result, the wedding was never consummated and the husband and wife never lived together, but Blood-Dzraku apparently still doesn't want a divorce. He kept in touch with his wife by phone and Facebook, but according to court papers, that was it.
The last address Baidoo has for the Blood-Dzraku is an apartment he vacated in 2011. Judge Cooper stated, "Baidoo has spoken with the defendant by telephone on occasion and he told her that he has no fixed address and no place of employment. He also refused to make himself available to be served with divorce papers." The post office has no forwarding address for Blood-Dzraku, there is no billing address linked to his prepaid cell phone and the Department of Motor Vehicles has no record of him." It's like he never existed. I mean come on; with technology today, they really can't find this guy? Is there no such thing as a Magnum P.I. anymore? Spinnell did say that they tried everything including hiring a private detective and nothing. That private detective must be horrible! It's either that or Blood-Dzraku should have given Osama Bin-Laden some tips on how to hide because he's a ghost!
The first Facebook message went out to the husband last week. So, far he hasn't responded. Would you, though? If you received divorce papers via Facebook, would you really answer? I'm not sure how effective this will be. If I was Blood-Dzraku, I would be hitting delete I saw my wife's name in my inbox. I wouldn't even read the message because that only acknowledges that I saw it. When I'm on Facebook and I see a message from someone I don't want to speak to, I simply won't respond. I believe that would be the case here. They are going to have to physically find him to serve him these papers. Nice try, though!
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