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You must fill out the Application for a Pro Se Summons form and submit it to the clerk in the county where you are suing, along with payment of the court fee. The fee must be paid by cash, certified check, money order or bank check. Personal checks will not be accepted.

If service is not finished (completed), the defendant's time to Answer the Summons and Complaint does not start to run. In the Supreme, County and City Courts, the Affidavit of Service must be filed by 20 days or less from the date the papers were left or mailed whichever is later.

Proof of service shall specify the papers served, the person who was served and the date, time, address, or, in the event there is no address, place and manner of service, and set forth facts showing that the service was made by an authorized person and in an authorized manner.

Petitions MUST be signed in the presence of a Notary Public or a Family Court Clerk. Once your petition is completed and your signature notarized, you can either mail it to Family Court or submit it in person during our stated business hours. Paternity Petitions must be submitted with a copy of the Birth Certificate.

Some legal papers, like motion papers, have time limits about when they have to be mailed. Whenever legal papers are served, proof of their delivery has to be given to the court by Filing an Affidavit of Service. Remember, a party in the case can't mail or deliver the papers.

Unless otherwise required by statute, rule or order of the Court or any Justice thereof, the papers on a motion or cross motion must include the original notice of motion, supporting affidavit(s), and proof of service of the motion on all parties, a copy of the notice of appeal or other document which first invoked the ...