VIC Issues with the Divorce application being served within the 28 day limit?

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Parallel

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3 February 2017
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I am the Applicant. I served the divorce papers by registered post to the respondent husband and his lawyer (still listed as the Address for Service). Both registered post notifications were eventually returned, but no signed Service forms. So I sent it the respondent husband's Trustee in Bankruptcy's Family lawyer an email of the information who had been engaged and also to be sure, I had the respondent husband professionally served. Official service finally took about 10 days but finally served him. Court date for the Divorce hearing is now only 2 weeks away.

My question is whether I will need to do an Application in a Case to document that I did my best to serve the respondent husband within the 28 day time frame. And perhaps also ask for shares in joint names be sold and his 50% be applied towards the outstanding child support of $50,000?