Schuler

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On April 30, 2010, the San Mateo County Department of Child Support Services (Department) received an interstate referral requesting that parentage and child support orders be established against defendant on behalf of Rhonda M. Schuler and her minor son. On that same date, Department mailed a case opening letter to defendant at 25 Horseshoe Court in Hillsborough, California, the address provided by the initiating jurisdiction.

1 Further statutory references are to the Code of Civil Procedure unless otherwise indicated.

1 Department caseworkers have password-controlled access to the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for the purpose of locating individuals who owe child support. In May 2010, the DMV confirmed that defendant’s residential address on file with the DMV was 25 Horseshoe Court, that there had been no changes to defendant’s residential address since his driver’s license was first issued in 2005, and that no other residential addresses were reported in defendant’s DMV records. Also in May 2010, Department sent postal verification letters to the United States Postal Service to determine whether mail was delivered to…