Several news outlets are reporting that an Australian lawyer just served legal papers to a couple via Facebook, the social network, by citing it as  their last known address.  This was deemed legal by the courts and sets a scary precedent, many of us have multiple accounts on social networks, most of which we never bother to check.  Now that this has happened in Austrailia it could quickly and easily spread to other countries.

If this couple had not checked their facebook status, they could have stood to be in contempt of court and loose their home! 

From the article:

Courts usually leave legal documents at a defendant's last known address or somewhere they know family members are.

Mr Moore said the Facebook option was a novel way of serving documents and probably an effective option of bringing court action to someone's attention.

"I suspect it is a first and can't see why it can't be followed here," he said.