Couples heading toward a divorce now have another avenue to communicate the end to their marriage—serving divorce papers through social media.

Effective Dec. 31, 2020, adoption of new amendments to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 106 and 108a allows a party to make a motion to the court to service “in any other manner, including electronically by social media, email, or other technology that the statement or other evidence shows will be reasonably effective to give the defendant notice of the suit.”