Summons to the main hearing — Basic Court in Novi Sad, P2.470/24
Source and dates
This is a complete English translation of the one-page court summons from the supplied photograph. The public PDF is a permanently redacted copy. The name of the lawyer to whom the summons was addressed is marked [redacted]. Judge Bojana Vujić is named in her public judicial capacity.
The summons was issued on 22 March 2024 and schedules the main hearing for 2 April 2024 at 08:15, in room 210/2. The handwritten date 27 March 2024 is reproduced without assuming what it denotes. The summons confirms that a hearing was scheduled, not that it took place.
Publicly redacted one-page source PDF
PDF page 1 — Complete translation
[Handwritten in the upper right corner: “27. 03. 2024.”]
BASIC COURT IN NOVI SAD
Dated 22. 03. 2024
P2.470/24
SUMMONS TO THE MAIN HEARING
[redacted], lawyer
of Novi Sad is summoned as the plaintiff’s authorized representative to appear on 02. 04. 2024 at 8:15 a.m. at this court, room number 210/2, in the legal matter of the plaintiff MILAN PETROVIĆ of Kragujevac against the defendant CENTRE FOR SOCIAL WORK of Novi Sad, concerning annulment of full adoption.
NOTICE
If the plaintiff is absent from the main hearing or the defendant does not attend it, although duly summoned, the hearing will be held with the party who is present. If both the plaintiff and the defendant fail to attend the main hearing without justification, or refuse to plead the case, the claim will be deemed withdrawn (Article 311 of the Civil Procedure Act).
The parties are warned of their duty to present all facts and propose evidence establishing those facts, and of their duty to propose a time frame. The parties are ordered to bring to the hearing all documents serving as evidence and all objects that need to be inspected by the court (Article 303, paragraph 1, of the Civil Procedure Act).
The parties are warned of their duty to report a change of address. When a party or the party’s representative changes address before service of the decision finally concluding the proceedings, they must immediately inform the court. If they fail to do so, the court will order all subsequent service in the proceedings upon that party to be effected by posting the documents on the court’s notice board. In that case, service is deemed effected upon expiry of eight days from the date the documents were posted on the court’s notice board (Article 144 of the Civil Procedure Act).
A person appearing as a statutory representative must prove their authority to act in that capacity when taking their first procedural action (Article 79, paragraph 2, of the Civil Procedure Act).
An authorized representative must submit a power of attorney when taking their first procedural action (Article 91, paragraph 1, of the Civil Procedure Act).
For witnesses
Every person summoned as a witness must respond to the summons and, unless this Act provides otherwise, must also testify (Article 244, paragraph 1, of the Civil Procedure Act).
If a duly summoned witness fails to attend the hearing without justifying their absence, or leaves the place where they are to be examined without permission or a justified reason, the court may order the witness to be brought in by force and to bear the costs of bringing them in. It may also impose a fine of 10,000 to 150,000.00 dinars (Article 257, paragraph 1, of the Civil Procedure Act).
An appeal against the order imposing a fine does not stay enforcement of the order (Article 257, paragraph 3, of the Civil Procedure Act).
A witness is entitled to reimbursement of travel, meal and overnight accommodation expenses, and compensation for lost earnings. The witness must request reimbursement of expenses immediately after being examined; otherwise, the right to reimbursement is lost (Article 258 of the Civil Procedure Act).
For expert witnesses
The court shall impose a fine of 10,000 to 150,000 dinars upon an expert witness who is a natural person, or 30,000 to 1,000,000 dinars upon a legal person performing expert examination, if the expert witness fails to attend the hearing despite being duly summoned and does not justify their absence, or fails to submit their findings and opinion within the time allowed (Article 267, paragraph 1, of the Civil Procedure Act).
An expert witness is entitled to reimbursement of travel, meal and accommodation expenses, compensation for lost earnings and the costs of expert examination, and to a fee for performing the expert examination (Article 268, paragraph 1, of the Civil Procedure Act).
The expert witness must request reimbursement of expenses immediately after being examined; otherwise, the right to reimbursement is lost (Article 258 of the Civil Procedure Act).
Judge
VUJIĆ BOJANA, signed in her own hand
For the accuracy of the official copy,
[Handwritten mark beside the certification of the copy’s accuracy.]
Editorial note
This note is not part of the summons. The standard sections for witnesses and expert witnesses are reproduced in full; their presence on the form does not establish that particular witnesses or experts were summoned by this document. The handwritten date of 27 March is not identified in the document as a receipt date. The hearing scheduled for 2 April is distinct from the issue date of 22 March and does not establish that the hearing took place.
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Issued 22 March; handwritten 27 March
The court’s typed date is 22 March 2024. The upper-right handwritten date is 27 March 2024, but the image gives it no stated role. It must not be converted into a confirmed date of service or receipt.
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Basic Court case P2.470/24
The source identifies the Basic Court in Novi Sad, case P2.470/24, and the dispute between Milan Petrović and the Centre for Social Work concerning annulment of full adoption. Judge Bojana Vujić is named on the summons. This documents a further procedural step before that court; it is not proof that the earlier correction request was granted or that the Higher Court’s ruling had become final.
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Scheduled hearing: 2 April, 8:15 a.m.
The summons bearing Judge Bojana Vujić’s name schedules the main hearing for 2 April 2024 at 8:15 a.m., room 210/2. This is the appointed hearing time. The summons alone does not show that the hearing was held or what happened there.
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Recipient: the plaintiff’s authorized representative
The addressed lawyer is called in the capacity of the plaintiff’s authorized representative. The public copy redacts her identity. The general witness and expert notices below do not change that capacity or establish that she was summoned as a witness or expert.
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ZPP — Article 311 · Absence from the main hearing
The summons states Article 311’s two different consequences: the hearing proceeds with the attending party if the other duly summoned party is absent; presumed withdrawal concerns unjustified absence or refusal to plead by both parties. One defendant representative’s absence is not, by itself, the printed condition for presumed withdrawal.
Civil Procedure Act (ZPP) · Article 311
General instructions for parties and evidence
The notice under Article 303(1), the absence warning under Article 311, and the sections for witnesses and experts are general form instructions. They do not establish which evidence was actually taken, who attended or whether a party failed to appear in this case.
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ZPP — Article 303 · Preparatory hearing summons and documents
The summons invokes Article 303(1) when directing the parties to state facts, propose evidence and a time frame, and bring documents and objects for inspection. The provision is about preparation for the hearing; the printed direction does not prove that the court later obtained or evaluated all proposed evidence.
Civil Procedure Act (ZPP) · Article 303
ZPP — Article 144 · Change of address and service
The summons warns that an unreported change of address may lead to service by posting on the court notice board, deemed effective after eight days. Article 144 is cited for that conditional service rule; this printed warning does not establish that the claimant changed address or that notice-board service actually occurred.
Civil Procedure Act (ZPP) · Article 144
ZPP — Article 79 · Verification of capacity and statutory representation
The summons tells a statutory representative to prove that status at the first procedural step under Article 79(2). This is the form’s advance instruction about authority, not a finding that a particular representative in this case lacked it.
Civil Procedure Act (ZPP) · Article 79
ZPP — Article 91 · Filing and continuing verification of authority
The summons expressly requires the authorised representative to submit a power of attorney at the first procedural step under Article 91(1). This establishes what the court’s own form told representatives to provide; whether it was complied with at a particular later hearing requires that hearing’s record and the filed authority.
Civil Procedure Act (ZPP) · Article 91
ZPP — Article 244 · Duty and ability to testify
The summons cites Article 244(1) for a summoned witness’s duty to attend and, subject to statutory exceptions, testify. This instruction concerns witnesses; it must not be applied as though every party or party representative attended in the capacity of a witness.
Civil Procedure Act (ZPP) · Article 244
ZPP — Article 257 · Witness absence, refusal and sanctions
The summons warns of compulsory attendance and a possible fine when a duly summoned witness fails to attend without justification. Article 257 concerns witness discipline; the printed warning is not an imposed sanction and does not govern a CSR representative merely acting for the defendant.
Civil Procedure Act (ZPP) · Article 257
ZPP — Article 257 · Witness absence, refusal and sanctions
The summons warns of compulsory attendance and a possible fine when a duly summoned witness fails to attend without justification. Article 257 concerns witness discipline; the printed warning is not an imposed sanction and does not govern a CSR representative merely acting for the defendant.
Civil Procedure Act (ZPP) · Article 257
ZPP — Article 258 · Witness expenses
The summons cites Article 258 for reimbursement of a witness’s expenses and lost earnings, with the request due immediately after examination. This is information for witnesses, separate from a party’s litigation costs or a lawyer’s fee.
Civil Procedure Act (ZPP) · Article 258
ZPP — Article 267 · Expert absence, refusal and sanctions
The form cites Article 267(1) for fines on an appointed expert who fails to attend without justification or misses the deadline for findings and an opinion. Its presence does not show that expert evidence was ordered here, and it is not the rule governing an ordinary institutional representative’s absence.
Civil Procedure Act (ZPP) · Article 267
ZPP — Article 268 · Expert expenses and remuneration
Article 268 appears in the summons as an instruction on expert expenses and remuneration. It concerns a person performing court expert work, not every law graduate or social worker who represents or works for CSR.
Civil Procedure Act (ZPP) · Article 268
ZPP — Article 258 · Witness expenses
The summons cites Article 258 for reimbursement of a witness’s expenses and lost earnings, with the request due immediately after examination. This is information for witnesses, separate from a party’s litigation costs or a lawyer’s fee.
Civil Procedure Act (ZPP) · Article 258