[Ruth]

They have to get it as near to him as is safely possible. Service of documents is something that we do a lot of at work. If you cannot get to the person safely - or if it clear that they are deliberately avoiding service - by not answering the door etc., then it's fair enough to post them through the letterbox, or under the door (but only after a court order has been granted allowing for service to be effected in this way). If someone is threatening the process server - not an issue in Barrymore's case I shouldn't think - the server should leave the documents as near to him as is safely possible.

I would be absolutely flabbergasted if they gave the documents to him while he was in the house. There is absolutely no need for them to do that. Many documents have to be acknowledged by the person receiving them within a certain time limit, which may prove impossible for Barrymore if he was to stay in the house.

Also, there is absolutely no need for him to be served with the papers while he was in there. They will surely know where to find him once he is out, and he can't do anything anyway until he is out. It would be a very unprofessional outfit that served him with anything while he is still in there.

And of course, as Charlotte said, I really can't see anybody being admitted into the house to give him the papers.