6:00 a.m. – Woke up to prepare for a busy day ahead

7:00 a.m. – Arrived at the Indiana Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) Property Office on the east side to surrender property for a defendant for whom AMR posted a surety bail bond. As a courtesy to the defendant’s attorney, AMR retrieved the property from the defendant’s home and transported it to the property office. AMR discovered the property office would not open until 10:00 a.m. after obtaining old office hours initially.

9:15 a.m. – Received a rush request for service of process for an individual on home detention/house arrest. AMR went to the attorney’s office to retrieve the necessary court documents and immediately made the first attempt at service of process. The individual’s father indicated that the target was not at home despite the home detention. AMR decided to wait for the individual’s return. In real time, AMR communicated updates to the attorney who requested the service of process. Not long after, the individual pulled in to the property driving a vehicle and AMR completed personal service of process. AMR immediately reported back to the attorney the details of service of process. The attorney informed AMR that the individual had broken home detention orders by leaving the property and secondly was driving without a valid license. The attorney then told AMR he would be needed to testify in court regarding the incident. AMR charges per hour for court testimony, with a one hour minimum.

10:00 a.m. – AMR returned to the IMPD Property Office to surrender the aforementioned defendant’s property so that the defendant would be in compliance with court orders. Due to the nature of the property, AMR had to wait for a police officer to arrive and handle, secure, and check in the property. Once AMR received a receipt for the property, AMR returned to his office, scanned the receipt, and e-mailed a digital copy to the attorney and defendant.

11:30 a.m. – Grabbed a sandwich and caught up on office work.

2:15 p.m. – Headed out to Henry County Jail to serve court documents on an individual in custody.

4:30 p.m. - Prepared for evening service of process, went to the gym, and grabbed a sandwich at a favorite Broad Ripple spot near the office.

6:00 p.m. – Made first attempt at service of process in Shelbyville. The individual was not home. AMR talked with a neighbor to gather more information.

7:20 p.m. - Traveled to Westport (closer to Cincinnati than Indianapolis) for service of process. The woman inside the home took 10 minutes to open the door after the children in the home immediately alerted her that someone was at the door. When she finally answered the door, she was accompanied by a very aggressive dog — a common risk for a process server.

8:45 p.m. – Traveled back to Shelbyville for second attempt at service of process.

10:00 p.m. - Arrived home and called it a day.

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Aaron M. Rader | Process Server & Private Investigator

Aaron M. Rader is a licensed Indiana Private Investigator (#PI21200004), licensed Indiana Bail Agent and Indiana Process Server with over 16 years of experience, and is a member of NAPPS and ISBAA.  Aaron M. Rader Bail Bonds provides criminal court surety bonds for defendants in the Marion County Jail and Hamilton County Jail.  His blog shares news, commentary, and thoughts affecting the legal community.

On the first attempt at service of process, the gentleman who answered the door denied being the individual and directed AMR across the street. The wrong address appeared on the court order. Having been forewarned that the individual to be served could possibly be difficult and with the possibility of a bad address, AMR now had doubt in successful service of process.  When AMR approached the home across the street, a man walked to door but did not open it. As he spoke through the glass, he denied being said individual on the court order.

AMR then contacts the attorney for a physical description, address verification, and vehicle description. By searching Facebook, AMR was able to positively ID the man that denied being the service as, in fact, the individual listed on the court order. Had AMR been given a physical description and correct address prior to the first attempt at service of process, he could have said, “Sir, if you do not wish to open the door and take the court order, I will lay it down in front of the door.” That would have been good personal service of process, which is the best possible service of process.

However, on the second attempt, the man was now on notice and would not open the door. Although AMR saw the man walking inside the entryway, AMR set forth the best possible service by posting the order to the front door.  In this case, the attorney planned to request a bench warrant if the man failed to appear in court. The chances of a judge issuing a bench warrant for would much greater had personal service been perfected. This situation creates a possible risk of a delay of justice, increased expenses, and additional resources exhausted due to a lack of a good physical description prior to the first attempt of service of process.

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Aaron M. Rader | Process Server & Private Investigator

Aaron M. Rader is a licensed Indiana Private Investigator (#PI21200004), licensed Indiana Bail Agent and Indiana Process Server with over 16 years of experience, and is a member of NAPPS and ISBAA.  Aaron M. Rader Bail Bonds provides criminal court surety bonds for defendants in the Marion County Jail and Hamilton County Jail.  His blog shares news, commentary, and thoughts affecting the legal community.

1. High Costs: It’s very expensive for an individual to hire a private investigator.
2. No Guarantees: If in fact the spouse is cheating or is engaging in less than honorable behavior, significant funds can be spent only to produce little to no evidence.

Individuals should always get advice from a licensed attorney to determine if surveillance is appropriate for their situation. Private investigations are not like what’s seen on TV in shows such as The Good Wife and Magnum P.I. It’s just not that glamorous and it’s a not a sure thing that something is there to observe.

If you are considering hiring a private investigator to conduct surveillance, you should think about best times of day to observe the target, probable locations, and, most importantly, determine a budget for the investigation in order for surveillance to be conducted efficiently and cost-effectively. As far as costs for surveillance go, an individual should expect the following from a licensed Indiana private investigator:

• Retainer - Before an Indiana private investigator commences surveillance, a retainer for services will be required.
• Hourly Rate - This is where the costs start to really ad up, because a licensed Indiana private investigator can surveil a person and/or location for several hours waiting for something of note.
• Mileage and other expenses - All costs associated with the surveillance will be passed along to the individual requesting the service. When an individual requests the private investigator to follow the target, AMR always recommends that two investigators, in separate vehicles, follow the target.  This will increase the chances of staying on the target and reduce the likelihood of the target discovering that he/she is being followed.

Individuals interested in surveillance private investigations need to be prepared that nothing may be found. Nothing. Again, this why AMR recommends consulting with a licensed attorney prior to hiring a private investigator.

What are your thoughts about surveillance? Please let us know in the comments.

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Aaron M. Rader | Process Server & Private Investigator

Aaron M. Rader is a licensed Indiana Private Investigator (#PI21200004), licensed Indiana Bail Agent and Indiana Process Server with over 16 years of experience, and is a member of NAPPS and ISBAA.  Aaron M. Rader Bail Bonds provides criminal court surety bonds for defendants in the Marion County Jail and Hamilton County Jail.  His blog shares news, commentary, and thoughts affecting the legal community.

Indiana attorney support services from AMR include service of process, bail bonds, REO occupancy checks, witness locates and interviews. In recent months, AMR’s witness locates and witness interviews services has experienced a spike in activity from Indiana attorneys.

Witness Locates: As an experienced Indiana process service company, AMR has the ability and know-how to locate individuals quickly and efficiently for the service of summonses and complaints. The same timeliness and efficiency transcends to witness locates. Over the years of observing and interacting with people, Aaron M. Rader has learned to identify behavior patterns which assists in locating individuals.

Witness Interviews: With over 16 years experience in court matters, Aaron M. Rader knows best practices when approaching a person for a witness interview and for service of process. Rader has interacted with different personality types and can adjust his communication style to engage with a variety of individuals. Rader always conducts interviews with the highest level of professionalism but also knows how to communicate in a personable and approachable manner.

What characteristics do you believe a licensed Indiana private investigator must possess in order to perform witness locates and witness interviews effectively for Indiana attorneys?

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Aaron M. Rader | Process Server & Private Investigator

Aaron M. Rader is a licensed Indiana Private Investigator (#PI21200004), licensed Indiana Bail Agent and Indiana Process Server with over 16 years of experience, and is a member of NAPPS and ISBAA.  Aaron M. Rader Bail Bonds provides criminal court surety bonds for defendants in the Marion County Jail and Hamilton County Jail.  His blog shares news, commentary, and thoughts affecting the legal community.

Clarity on the law will certainly come out in court as parents petition to modify child support orders, retroactively even. As reported by the Evansville Courier & Press, Vanderburgh Superior Court Judge Richard D’Amour said, “My understanding is it will act retroactively to all cases. I think there will be some confusion in the public. On its face, the statute isn’t as clear as possibly it could be.” D’Amour continues, “I think there will be a lot petitions in the court to modify their child support, when in fact it happens automatically. I wish they had been a little clearer. This is going to cause a flurry of activity for lawyers and the courts.”

One Central Indiana attorney practicing family law poses one thought in a recent blog post as to how this law will shake out in court. “It will be interesting to see how college support orders are treated in light of these changes.  For instance, if a 19 year-old adult child is living in one parent’s home while attending school, in lieu of child support, would a judge be willing to have the other parent contribute to the child’s room and board, health care costs, and other educational costs such items as transportation, car insurance, clothing, entertainment and incidental expenses, as part of an educational support order?  If so, how is this different than child support?” the family law attorney writes.

For questions regarding the modified child support laws in Indiana, contact a licensed attorney specializing in family law.

Linkedin Profile of Indiana Process Server Private Investigator Aaron M. Rader

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Aaron M. Rader | Process Server & Private Investigator

Aaron M. Rader is a licensed Indiana Private Investigator (#PI21200004), licensed Indiana Bail Agent and Indiana Process Server with over 16 years of experience, and is a member of NAPPS and ISBAA.  Aaron M. Rader Bail Bonds provides criminal court surety bonds for defendants in the Marion County Jail and Hamilton County Jail.  His blog shares news, commentary, and thoughts affecting the legal community.

We offer attorney support services such as personal service of process, private investigations and bail bonds. We are always out and about in Central Indiana and certain services just make sense to bundle in our offerings.

• Witness Locate and Interviews: AMR brings nearly two decades of experience supporting attorneys of Indianapolis with services such as private investigation. Aaron M. Rader LLC is a licensed private investigation firm, prepared to locate and interview witnesses. 
• REO Occupancy Checks: When banks order occupancy checks on homes in mortgage foreclosure to ensure that the property is being maintained in fair condition or at all, AMR can visit the properties in Marion and Hamilton Counties.
• Service of Process: The heart of AMR is in the service of process. As an Indiana process server, AMR offers the most competitive rates for personal service of process in Central Indiana.

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Aaron M. Rader | Process Server & Private Investigator

Aaron M. Rader is a licensed Indiana Private Investigator (#PI21200004), licensed Indiana Bail Agent and Indiana Process Server with over 16 years of experience, and is a member of NAPPS and ISBAA.  Aaron M. Rader Bail Bonds provides criminal court surety bonds for defendants in the Marion County Jail and Hamilton County Jail.  His blog shares news, commentary, and thoughts affecting the legal community.

The out-of-state private citizen contacted AMR for private service of process in Central Indiana after the local county sheriff’s office failed to get the party served. At the time, AMR’s resources were committed to Marion County Jail bail bond matters. In order for the out-of-state citizen to receive timely service of an order, AMR referred the woman to another private process server in Central Indiana. That Indiana private process server served the opposing party. However, the court in the private citizen’s jurisdiction did not accept it as good service of process because the woman had not petitioned the court to use a private process server for service of the court order. The woman, a non-attorney, represented herself in the matter. She didn’t know what was required.

Then, a few weeks later, the out-of-state woman contacted AMR again explaining the current situation. At this point, she says that a state office of family children was representing her and that they would be contacting AMR for service of the order to appear in the matter. Two weeks later, AMR gets the call from the out-of-state government office to initiate service of the order to appear in court. Several emails and phone calls were exchanged with that office over several days only to get an email saying the state compcontroller would not issue a check until the comptroller received an ”IRS letter accepting [the enitity's] election to be treated as a corporation.” At this point, AMR had spent a few hours assisting in this matter and still had not received service documents.

Five days prior to the hearing, the private citizen contacts AMR and asks about the status of service of the court order.  AMR briefs her on what has transpired.  The private citizen decides to email AMR the service documents, one of which is an order authorizing Aaron M. Rader as private process server in the matter. Aaron M. Rader Process Service achieved good service of process in 36 hours–with the man now having 3-days notice to appear in court. 

In this story, the lack of efficiency of government agencies takes center stage. Originally, the Central Indiana county sheriff failed to serve the court order.Two months later, after spinning wheels with the out-of-state government office, the respondent was finally served because the interested party took action on her own on behalf of herself and her children. When the government agencies could not get the job done after two months, the private Indiana process server was able to produce results within 36 hours. One would hope this is a rare instance, but more than likely it is not. So…

• Always use a licensed private attorney;
• Always use a private process server.

As reported by ABC News on December 1, 2010, “A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary has recalled a metal hip implant used by thousands of younger patients after complaints of severe pain and system failure, and amid worries that the implants may be sending metal shavings into patients’ bloodstreams, potentially putting them at risk for dementia and heart failure.

An investigation by WTVD, the ABC owned-and-operated station in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, found that the artificial hip, manufactured by DePuy Orthopaedics, may have a failure rate of 12 percent, but was approved by the FDA without a clinical trial.

Since it was introduced in 2003, DePuy has sold nearly 100,000 units of its ASR XL Acetabular Hip System, which was designed for younger and more active patients. Made of chromium and cobalt, the device consists of a cup that’s implanted into the hip with a ball joint that connects to the leg….”

Find out more information about the recall by checking out the ASR Hip Replacement Recall Guide.

 

Aaron M. Rader | Process Server & Private Investigator

 

Aaron M. Rader is a licensed Indiana Private Investigator (#PI21200004), licensed Indiana Bail Agent and Indiana Process Server with over 16 years of experience, and is a member of NAPPS and ISBAA. Aaron M. Rader Bail Bonds provides criminal court surety bonds for defendants in the Marion County Jail and Hamilton County Jail. His blog shares news, commentary, and thoughts affecting the legal community.

When an attorney hires a professional process server that is a NAPPS members, the attorney can be assured that these BEST PRACTICES are being followed to ensure the highest level of personal service of process as stated on NAPPS website:

“Service of Process

1. For purposes of these Best Practices, ‘Primary service’ of process refers to the service of initial or other process intended to acquire jurisdiction over a person or property. ‘Secondary service’ of process refers to the service of subsequent papers exchanged between the parties following service of initial process. These Best Practices refer to both Primary and Secondary service of process. The word or phrase ‘effected’ refers to the date that legal process is delivered, sent or transmitted to a party. The word or phrase ‘completed’ refers to the date that legal process is legally binding upon a party. This date may be the same as when legal process is personally delivered to a party, or when presumed by law to have been received by a party. 
2. Service of process or other papers for the purpose of acquiring jurisdiction over a person or property should be performed by a disinterested third party. 
3. The preferred and most effective method of service of process upon a party is in-person delivery of process to the named party. 
4. When in-person service upon a named party cannot be effected, the next best method of service should be in-person delivery of process to a person authorized by court rule or statute to deliver process to on behalf of the named party. For example, this includes such person as ‘member of household,’ ‘person apparently in charge at a usual place of business,’ ‘person of suitable age and discretion,’ ‘parent,’ ‘guardian,’ ‘registered agent’ and ‘statutory agent.’
5. When service cannot be effected as described in 3 and 4 above, the next best methods of service is alternate methods authorized by court rule or statute upon a demonstration of the fact that service cannot be effected by the methods in 3 and 4 above. This would include service by mail, posting, publication and electronic means. If service is authorized in a manner other than by in-person delivery, service should not be deemed completed until at least three days after service is effected, unless acknowledged by the recipient. 
6. When service cannot be effected by any of the methods described above, the Court, upon a showing that service cannot be effected by any of these methods, may order service to be done in a manner reasonably calculated to provide actual notice to the party.”

Employers can reject Income Withholding Orders if certain mandated criteria is not met within the form or if approved forms are not used as outlined by the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement and the Office of Management and Budget. Below are acceptable reasons for rejection as stated on the Indiana DCS site:

An employer can reject an IWO under the new federal regulations for the following reasons:

• If on May 31, 2012, or thereafter, the sender of the IWO has not used the OMB-approved form; 
• If a newly issued IWO instructs the employer to send a payment to an entity other than INSCCU; 
• If the form does not contain all the information necessary for the employer to comply with the withholding;
• If the form is altered or contains invalid information; or
• If the amount to withhold is not a dollar amount. 
• One exception to an employer rejecting an IWO is that if the new IWO is related to an initial child support order that was issued prior to January 1, 1994, never modified,  has no arrearages, and is not associated with a IV-D case; then the employer must follow the payment instructions on the IWO form it receives.

Aaron M. Rader is NOT a licensed attorney.  Please consult a licensed attorney if you have any questions regarding the information contained within this blog.

Aaron M. Rader | Process Server & Private Investigator

Aaron M. Rader is a licensed Indiana Private Investigator (#PI21200004), licensed Indiana Bail Agent and Indiana Process Server with over 16 years of experience, and is a member of NAPPS and ISBAA.  Aaron M. Rader Bail Bonds provides criminal court surety bonds for defendants in the Marion County Jail and Hamilton County Jail.  His blog shares news, commentary, and thoughts affecting the legal community.