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Policy Manual

Superior Court For Juvenile Matters Service of Process

46-3-30.13
Return of Service

Procedures

The court petitions contain a return of service section. These procedures shall be followed when arranging and recording service of process activities: 

  • make sure the return of service section is on the original or copies to be provided to the Judicial Marshal for service 

  • if there is only one child and only one Judicial Marshal is being used, then one return of service section is sufficient for all parties 

  • if one child and two Judicial Marshals are used, then each Judicial Marshal gets a return of service section 

  • if two children and one Judicial Marshal, then two return of service sections are attached to the original 

  • the end result is that each Judicial Marshal has a return of service section for each child whose parent he/she is serving 

  • the Service of Process Coordinator does not have to write anything in the return of service section.

Connecticut Department of Children and Families Effective Date: November 1, 2005 (Revised)