Questione giuridica chiave
Whether edictal service in the divorce proceedings was admissible despite the husband's limited searches for the wife
Decisione estratta
No. The husband did not carry out sufficiently serious and useful inquiries to locate the wife, so publication service was not admissible.
Motivazione estratta
Edictal service requires good-faith ignorance of the address after reasonable steps to locate the party. Here, additional searches were feasible, including inquiries with family or friends, and the husband knew how to contact the wife after judgment; the publication was therefore abusive.