Art. 1237 Service on individual in multiple capacities

If someone is being sued or involved in a case in more than one role, like as themselves and also as the guardian of a child or the head of a business, they don't need to be served with papers separately for each role. One personal delivery of the papers covers all the roles they're being named in, as long as it's clear from the paperwork which roles are involved.

This saves time and paperwork. Instead of serving the same person multiple times for each capacity they're being sued in, the court process only needs to happen once. The key requirement is that the pleadings or the service instructions clearly spell out all the different capacities the person is being served in.

For example, if a person is sued both as an individual and as the trustee of a trust, one instance of personal service can cover both roles. This is only valid if the documents make clear that both capacities are intended.