PUBLISH

(June 11, 2020)

State of Minnesota

County of Martin

District Court

Judicial District fifth

Court File Number

46-FA-20-451

Case Type: Domestic

Abuse

In the Matter of Mariza

Liz Ortiz

Petitioner

vs

Nathan Vincent Ortiz

Respondent

Affidavit and Order

for Alternate Service

or Publication

(Minn. Stat. 518B.01,

subd. 5(1) and 8)

Affidavit

Petitioner requests that

the court authorized

service of the petition

for an order for protec-

tion, any order that has

issued under Chapter

518B, and any notice,

states the following in

support of the request

for service by:

publication

1. An attempt at per-

sonal service made by

the sheriff or other law

enforcement or correc-

tions officer was un-

successful because

Respondent is avoiding

service by conceal-

ment or otherwise, and

I do not know

Respondent’s current

address.

2. Personal service

was attemped on the

following date(s):

Law enforcement

made one attempt of

service on 4/28/2020

See attachment.

3. The last known loca-

tion of Respondent is:

New Ulm, MN Current-

ly last I heard of

St. James, MN was

where he used to live,

and has friends there.

4. My most recent con-

tact with Respondent

was:

The last time we had

personal contact was

back in May of 2018. I

have him blocked on

every phone, social

media and friends and

family. My preference

is for him to not be able

to contact me directly

at all.

5. The last known loca-

tion of Respondent’s

employment was:

Un-known

6. The names and lo-

cations of

Respondent’s parents,

siblings, children and

other close relatives

are:

Extended family unk-

nown, Maternal Family

unknown.

7. a. The names and

locations of persons

likely to know

Respondent’s

whereabouts are:

Gina Ringham-Ortiz

b. I have made the fol-

lowing efforts to locate

these persons:

Our family does not

have any contact with

Respondent or anyone

that he assoiates with.

8. The following cir-

cumstances indicate

Respondent is avoiding

service:

I feel he is avoiding

service becuase police

where unable to locate

him and I had to file for

a publication.

I declare under penalty

of perjury that every-

thing that I have stated

in this document is true

and correct.

Minn. Stat. 358.116

Dated: 06/04/2020

Mariza Liz Ortiz

Signature

Name: Mariza Liz Ortiz

Address: Confidential

City/State/Zip: Confi-

dential

Telephone: Confidental

E-mail address

perezortiz@midco.net

Order

Based on the above

Affidavit, IT IS HERE-

BY ORDERED:

1b. Service shall be

publication one time in

a 7 day period as pro-

vided in Minn. Stat

645.11 and Minn.

State. 518B.01, dubd.

5(f)

3. The Ex Parte Order

for Protection in the

above-captioned case

shall remain in full

force and effect for the

time period set forth in

the order. If service by

publication is not com-

pleted within 28 days

of issuance of the Ex

Parte Order for Protec-

tion, the order expires.

Dated: June 8, 2020

Michael D. Trushenski

Judge of District Court