What is the legal effect of electronic service of process and the opponent's failure to appear or respond?

Electronic service of process through electronic means produces its statutory effects. If the opponent is served personally or through their agent and fails to appear, the proceedings are deemed adversarial. Furthermore, the opponent's failure to appear for interrogation without an acceptable excuse, or their refusal to answer without a valid justification, allows the court to draw such inferences as it deems appropriate, and it may accept proof by witness testimony and circumstantial evidence in circumstances where it would otherwise not be permissible.