Parties to proceeding to be served
25 Parties to proceeding to be served
A party filing a document in the court for a proceeding must serve a copy of the document on each other party to the proceeding.
Notes—
1 See the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023, section 71 for who is a party to an acknowledgement of sex proceeding.
2 See rule 31 and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023, sections 46, 57 and 63 for when the court may dispense with the requirement to serve particular documents.
However, the child who is the subject of a proceeding must not be served with a copy of a filed document for a proceeding unless—
if the proceeding is a CAO proceeding or child protection proceeding—the child is a participating child for the proceeding; or
the court orders that the child is to be served with the copy; or
an Act requires the child be served with the copy.
Without limiting subrule (2), subrule (1) applies only to the extent permitted by this division or an Act.
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