IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA
No. 07-1756
Jefferson County No. CDCV400852

PRAECIPE

Upon the Petition of
FREDERICK J. SHADDOCK,
    Petitioner-Appellant,
And Concerning
OKSANA SHEMET SHADDOCK,
    Respondent-Appellee.

This is a notice of appearance for appeal. I am the Plaintiff and Appellant in the case herein.

I shall be filing this appeal pro se, and am in the process of preparing a brief in this matter.  I am also in the process of interviewing attorneys in Iowa to assist me, if necessary.

The reasons for my appeal are clear.  On July 31, 2007 at 5:15pm, Oksana was personally served with my petition CDCV400852, confirmed by digital audio and photograph, by a professional process server near her work place and home in Virginia.

Approximately four hours later, with knowledge that she had just been properly served, Oksana, through her attorneys and process servers, attempted to serve me with what is evidently a retaliatory substituted service of divorce.  I was at work outside Fairfield, not at my home (1000 University Manor Drive, Apt. A28), at the time. 

The process servers reportedly left some papers in the back yard of a sorority house (806 North 4th) where no males live.  One of the female students was concerned about two strangers lurking in the back yard, and called 911.  Fairfield Police Officers Good and Smith took a report and picked up the papers from the lawn.

Oksana's case, DC 2007 DRB 2108, is being disputed on a number of grounds by my attorney, Robert R. Stone, Esq. a member of the Bar of the District of Columbia.  The Iowa Judge's decision to defer to the DC case rested on the assumptions that that Oksana was a bona fide resident of DC, and that service was properly performed.  My appeal challenges these assumptions.

Upon the anticipated dismissal of Oksana's case in DC, my petition will be the only one left to go forward.

Respectfully,

Frederick Shaddock
1000 University Manor Drive, A28
Fairfield, Iowa  52556

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY, that on this 6th day of December 2007, a copy of the forgoing praecipe was sent via fax and first-class postage prepaid to Steven Lytle, Esq, 700 Walnut Street, Suite 1600, Des Moines, IA  50309
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