“You can’t do this to me!” LOL!
In Illinois the law says:
3. Service on Individual Defendants Service of summons may be made directly by the process server handing the summons and complaint to the individual defendant or, in the alternative, by abode service. 735 ILCS 5/2-203(a). Abode service consists of the process server handing the summons and complaint to a member of the defendant’s family 13 years of age or older, who regularly resides at the defendant’s residence, and the subsequent mailing of the summons and complaint to the defendant at that address. 735 ILCS 5/2-203(a). Abode service is sometimes referred to as substitute service.
For Cook county, the law says:
Illinois Process Server Licensing Requirements. Process shall be served by a sheriff, or if the sheriff is disqualified, by a coroner of some county of the State. A sheriff of a county with a population of less than 2,000,000 may employ civilian personnel to serve process.
So, I’m sure that they can find a Sheriff Deputy to serve it on her. I used to serve court papers and eviction related documents in California, (private investigator), and spent many hours on stake-out to catch reluctant defendants and witnesses.
With a little bit of ingenuity anyone can be served. The person does not need to touch the court summons to be served. The server can tell the person to be served that he/she has a summons to appear and drop it at their feet, on the car windshield, doorstep etc. As long as they have been told what it is, they are served. I’ve done it this way hundreds of times and never had the service quashed as a bad service. To quash it they have to prove in court, to the judge, that I did not serve them but I get to testify to the details of the service.