SSC: Serve Family or Civil Papers

Superior Court TO SERVE NOTICE IN FAMILY COURT CASES

ATTENTION: Use the forms on this page if the following factors apply to your situation:
"Service" means giving legally required notice to other parties that you have filed papers that may result in a court order that may affect them. The court papers can ONLY be delivered in a manner permitted by law, and proof of proper delivery must be filed with the court.

You may use the forms and instructions in this packet if...

You understand that your case cannot proceed until you have provided proof to the court that notice has been given in a manner permitted by law.
You understand that the law does NOT permit you (or a friend or relative) to hand-deliver the papers to the other party unless he or she (and no one else) will sign an "Acceptance of Service" form in front of a Notary or Clerk of the Superior Court, and return the form for you to file with the Court.

This packet contains general information and/or court forms and instructions about serving court papers.

Note that the (GN2) packet below contains forms and instructions for serving court papers in Family Court cases only.

Packets
Title	File	English	Spanish
SSC Serve Family Papers	GN2	PDF	PDF

The individual forms and instructions below are already included in the Packet(s) above. If you choose to download an individual document, make sure get any form or instruction that goes with it.

Instructions
Order	Title	File	English	Spanish
1	How to serve notice as required by law	gn21h	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word
2	How to serve the other party by acceptance of service	gn22p	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word
3	How to serve the other party by registered process server	gn23p	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word
4	How to serve the other party by sheriff	gn26p	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word
5	How to serve Family Court Papers by Mail or Other Delivery Service Requiring Signature Confirmation	dr24p	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word
6	How to Serve the other party by "Publication" when you cannot find the other party	gn25p	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word

Forms
Order	Title	File	English	Spanish
1	Family Court Acceptance of Service Form	dr22f	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word
2	Family Court Affidavit of Service with Signature Confirmation	dr24f	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word
3	Declaration Supporting Publication (used only when you cannot find other party)	gn25f	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word
4	Declaration Supporting Out of State Service by Process Server or Sheriff	gn27f	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word

The Judicial Branch of Arizona, Maricopa County