Scott White and Jamie White v. Hunter Owen and John Does 1-3

Summary

The court held that the 2019 version of the service-of-process rule governed the attempted service because service occurred after the amendment’s effective date. Although service at Owen’s mother’s home was insufficient because the Whites failed to show that Owen maintained a sufficient residential nexus to that address, the Whites timely attempted service and therefore qualified for the savings statute. The dismissal was affirmed as modified to be without prejudice, and the court of appeals’ opinion was vacated.