# 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](/files/documents/basic-court-hearing-summons-p2-470-2024-2024-03-22/original/basic-court-hearing-summons-p2-470-2024-2024-03-22-redacted.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defendant fail to attend the main hearing without justification, or refuse to plead the case, the claim will be deemed withdrawn (Article 311 of the Civil Procedure Act).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.