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HB 104 Divorce; failure to respond by defendant.

Introduced by: G. Manoli Loupassi | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Divorce; service of process; failure to respond. Provides that if a defendant fails to file an answer in a divorce suit or otherwise appear after having been personally served with notice of the suit, no additional notice to take depositions is required to be served on the defendant and the court may enter any order or final decree without notice to the defendant. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference. This bill is identical to SB 60.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Divorce; service of process; failure to respond.  Provides that if a defendant fails to file an answer in a divorce suit or otherwise appear after having been served with notice of the suit, no additional notice to take depositions is required to be served on the defendant and the court may enter any order or final decree without notice to the defendant. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.