article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Recently, a New York judge issued an opinion authorizing service of divorce papers on a husband completely via Facebook.
article_snippet.sent: At first blush, the idea of service by Facebook seems to offend traditional notions of ensuring notification of a defendant of a case against him.  
article_snippet.sent: For those people who are concerned that being served papers will become a Facebook announcement in a news feed, along with the photos of dinner or kittens, to be "liked" by all your gawking "friends," we're not quite there ... yet.
article_snippet.sent: While the older forms of alternate service were public, most electronic service takes the form of email.  
article_snippet.sent: Where email isn't available, email is Facebook private messaging, which should be as private as email.  
highlights_snippet.sent: A court allowed a wife to serve divorce papers via Facebook .
  