I (the Plaintiff) filed my complaint 3301(c) on January 16, 2015. I served the defendant personally and filed her Acceptance of Service on the 20th. I filed a Self-Represented Party of Appearance on my behalf and one for her as well. We waited more than 90 days. At that point, I filed my Affidavit of Consent along with hers, a Principe to Transmit Record, Waivers of Notice for both of us, a copy of our marriage license, the Divorce Decree along with two self-addressed envelopes and stamps on April 17, 2015. I received my checklist with the following notes: 1. Improper Service. Plaintiff cannot make service of complaint. (I thought I could serve her personally?) 2. Proof of service of complaint has not been filed pursuant to Pa. Rules. (Is it too late to file proof of service? I did file her Acceptance of Service back on January 20, 2015) 3. Divorce decree does not comply with Pa Rule 1920.76. (I have corrected this document.) 4. Waiver of notice of intent does not conform to Pa. Rules of Civil Procedure 1920.72(c). (I have new forms that should be compliant.) Additional comments: Correct waivers must be filed or Notice of Intent given. Defendant may file a notarized Acceptance of Service. The letter I received said that we have 20 days from the date of the letter (May 14th) to submit all corrected forms at the same time, otherwise the file will be returned to the Office of Judicial Support and they will not process the decree. Directly following that, the letter says my motion/petition is being returned to the Office of Judicial Support. It will not be processed. It states that if I wish to file a new motion/petition, an Original must be filed in its entirety with the Office of Judicial Support.
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