I got advice from my Atty on how to serve, thank you. I don't think the Courts are swayed by who serves, as long as it's done within the constraints of the legal process. Did the "way" you serve help your outcome? I doubt it had any bearing.
And as far as being mad that H used our assets for his OW, yes I was mad, but not mad enough... You do not have any idea what I've been through, or know how many times I've been trampled on by my H. It's been a long 2 years and so much had transpired that most people view me as weak. I've become accustomed to his abuses that I no longer have energy to stand up for myself.
If he is being an assh*le to his daughter, then daughter won't respect him. He actually disowned her at the start of all this. And THAT is another story in itself.
M51, H49, D21 M 23yrs, T 28yrs 3/07 - OW Bomb 6/07 - move to MIL's; OW relocate 10/07 - OW2 Bomb 5/08 - secretly move to OW2's end/08 - secretly get beach apt w/OW2 2/09 I petition Legal Sep, not served yet