Unless the Court provides otherwise, in all Surrogate’s Court proceedings, there are only 3 permissible ways to serve “process,” i.e., the Court’s Citation/Order to Show Cause, upon a Respondent to the proceeding:
Note that in certain circumstances, such as when you cannot personally serve a New York State resident because they are purposely avoiding service of the Court’s Citation/Order to Show Cause or when you are required to serve process on a Respondent whose residential address is unknown, the Surrogate’s Court is permitted to deviate from the methods of service outlined above and may allow service by “nail and mail,” service by publication or service by other means.
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