If you don’t know where the other person is, you can apply to the court for an order permitting you to let the other person know about the divorce by alternative (substitutional) service. For example, you can ask that the court consider the documents as served if you:
- send them to the other person by email, text, or direct message through a private social media platform, like Facebook Messenger,
- give the Notice of Family Claim to someone the other person knows well, or
- post a classified ad in a local newspaper.
See Arrange for alternative (substitutional) service on the Family Law in BC website to learn more about this.