20-513. SERVICE OF SUMMONS -- TRAVEL EXPENSES. Service of summons shall
be made personally by delivery of an attested copy thereof to the person
summoned; provided that if the judge is satisfied that it is impracticable
to serve personally such summons or the notice provided for in the preceding
section, he may order service by registered mail addressed to the last known
address, or by publication thereof, or both. It shall be sufficient to
confer jurisdiction if service is effected at least forty-eight (48) hours
before the time fixed in the summons for the hearing. When publication
is used the summons shall be published in two (2) consecutive issues of a
weekly newspaper printed and published in the county; such newspaper to be
designated by the court in the order for publication of the summons, and such
publication shall have the same force and effect as though such person had
been personally served with said summons. Service of summons, process or
notice required by this act shall be made by the sheriff or a probation offi-
cer upon the request of the court and a return must be made by the sheriff on
the summons showing that such service has been made. The judge may authorize
payment of any necessary travel expenses incurred by any person summoned or
otherwise required to appear at the hearing of any case coming within the
purview of this act, and such expenses when approved by the judge shall be
a charge upon the county, except that not more than five (5) witnesses on
behalf of any parent or guardian may be required to attend such hearing at
the expense of the county. The court may summon the appearance of any person
whose presence is deemed necessary as a witness or possible resource for the
care and treatment of the juvenile, including persons whom the juvenile or
the family wishes to have present.
[(20-513) 1963, ch. 319, sec. 9, p. 876; am. 1976, ch. 246, sec. 1, p.
845; am. and redesig. 1995, ch. 44, sec. 14, p. 82.]