JUDGE WON’T ALLOW CUSTODY PAPERS TO BE SERVED VIA FACEBOOK

A Nova Scotia judge has refused to let a man serve his daughter court papers through Facebook. The man was seeking sole decision-making responsibility for his grandson, who lives with him, and said his daughter was unreliable at meeting face-to-face. He asked the Nova Scotia Supreme Court for authorization to serve documents under the Parenting and Support Act online. But on Thursday, Associate Chief Justice Lawrence O’Neil said the man failed to demonstrate unusual measures were necessary.