Rule 7 - Service of Summons and Petitions7.1 Service by Clerk. Upon the filing of a petition alleging a juvenile to be Delinquent or Undisciplined and/or related motions, the Clerk shall issue a Juvenile Summons and Notice of Hearing. If the Juvenile Court Counselor is aware that the juvenile and/or family requires a Spanish Interpreter, the Court Counselor shall notify the Clerk, and the Clerk may attach any available blank Spanish language version of the AOC forms to the completed English language forms. The summons and a copy of the petition shall be personally served on both the juvenile and the juvenile's parents, guardians, or custodians in accordance with N.C.G.S. 7B-1806.7.2 Unserved Petitions. When a matter appears on the printed docket and it is determined that service of a Delinquent Summons, Undisciplined Summons or Show Cause Order on a parent or juvenile was unsuccessful for reasons such as, but not limited to, the following: vacant address, incomplete address (no apartment #), false information given, juvenile resides outside of Pitt County, etc. the matter will be calendared for review in thirty days. The assigned Juvenile Court Counselor shall notify the. petitioner (investigating officer, school social worker, etc.) of the need for a valid service address. It shall be the petitioner's responsibility to provide this information as expeditiously as possible to the Court Counselor, who shall then notify the Clerk and the District Attorney, at which point a new summons shall be issued by the Clerk.N.C. R. Prac. Sup. & Dist. Ct. Civ. P. 7
Adopted November 15, 2022, effective 1/1/2023.