CCP 3955 - Service of petition - Louisiana Statutes

Art. 3955. Service of petition

A. When a petition for divorce is filed in accordance with Civil Code Article 102, service of the petition shall be requested on the defendant within ninety days of the filing of the petition.

B. If the defendant is an absentee, the request for appointment of a curator ad hoc within ninety days of commencement of the action constitutes compliance with the requirements of Paragraph A of this Article.

C. The defendant may expressly waive the requirements of Paragraph A of this Article by any written waiver. The requirement provided by Paragraph A of this Article shall be expressly waived by a defendant unless the defendant files, in accordance with the provisions of Article 928, a declinatory exception of insufficiency of service of process specifically alleging the failure to timely request service of the petition, in which case, after due proceedings, the action shall be dismissed.

Acts 2010, No. 407, §1.