# Plaintiff’s submission of 2 October 2025 — service of notice and justification for the defendant’s absence Full translation of the plaintiff’s submission dated 2 October 2025 in case P2.1435/24. Its first two PDF pages contain the submission; pages 3–6 contain the attached copies. The requests below are the plaintiff’s proposals to the court. The date on the submission does not itself establish the date the court received it. [Public redacted PDF, 6 pages](/files/documents/plaintiff-submission-p2-1435-2024-2025-10-02/original/plaintiff-submission-p2-1435-2024-2025-10-02-public-redacted.pdf) ## Source page 1 Page 1 of 6 BASIC COURT IN NOVI SAD Case number: P2.1435/24 ### PLAINTIFF’S SUBMISSION (Objection concerning service and request for evidence justifying the defendant’s absence) Plaintiff: Milan Petrović, Kragujevac, street and house number [redacted] Defendant: Centre for Social Work of the City of Novi Sad, Zmaj Ognjena Vuka 13, Novi Sad ### I. Relevant facts - The hearing for my examination was scheduled for 3 September 2025 at 10:00. - That morning I saw no notice for this case on the court’s noticeboard; after enquiring at the court, I was informed that the hearing had been postponed because of “health reasons affecting the defendant’s representative”. - The court’s order/notice is dated 28 August 2025, bears a Novi Sad postal postmark of 2 September 2025, and was delivered to me on 4 September 2025 (a photocopy of the envelope is attached). - The defendant’s request of 27 August 2025 (no. 560-111-1/2024) refers to the representative’s illness, but is not accompanied by any medical documentation. This sequence — postal postmark 2 September → delivery 4 September, after the hearing date of 3 September — objectively calls into question both the timeliness of service and the justification for the postponement. ### II. Proposals and requests to the court **1. Evidence of the defendant’s representative’s inability to attend** That the court require the defendant, within seven days of receipt of this order, to provide a certificate from the competent doctor (healthcare institution, stamp, doctor’s name and signature, exact date and time of examination, and a clearly specified period of temporary inability to work/appear in court). To protect privacy, the diagnosis may be omitted; only evidence of actual inability to attend during the relevant period is required. - If the document was created electronically, that the defendant also provide an extract from the system/record of the certificate’s issuance (log, number and date of issuance). - That the court prohibit the defendant from destroying the original until the proceedings have concluded. **2. Consequences if there is no evidence** If the defendant fails to provide the requested certificate within the time limit, or provides incomplete/inadequate records, that the court refuse to accept the excuse and treat the absence as unjustified, with all procedural consequences under the Code of Civil Procedure (cost consequences, a warning concerning abuse of rights, unhindered taking of evidence with the attending party, and so forth). **3. Dispatch records (court registry)** That the court obtain and place in the case file the court registry’s official dispatch record (the date and time of outgoing dispatch of the notice/order dated 28 August 2025), so that the circumstances of timely service can be fully clarified. ## Source page 2 Page 2 of 6 **4. Further course of the proceedings** That the court hold the next scheduled hearing (15 October 2025, 10:30) and examine the plaintiff as a party to the litigation, and that the hearing not be postponed for the same reason unless the defendant provides, in good time — no later than three days before the hearing — a proper medical certificate of inability to attend. ### III. Attachments 1. Photocopy of the envelope bearing the postal postmark “Novi Sad 02.09.2025” (received on 4 September 2025). 2. Photocopy of the defendant’s request of 27 August 2025 (no. 560-111-1/2024). 3. Photocopy of the order/notice of postponement dated 28 August 2025. Kragujevac, 2 October 2025. Plaintiff, Milan Petrović Copy to: the defendant (one copy with attachments). Signature: _________________________________ ## Source page 3 — attached postal envelope **REPUBLIC OF SERBIA — BASIC COURT NOVI SAD**, Sutjeska 3, 21101 Novi Sad. Heading: **S4 (Civil Procedure / notice)**. Case reference: **“P2. 1435/24 sudija VUJIĆ”** — case P2.1435/24, Judge Vujić. Tracking number at both occurrences and barcode: **[redacted]**. Postage-paid box: **“POSTAGE PAID AT POST OFFICE 21120 NOVI SAD”**. The circular **NOVI SAD / 21120** postal stamp bears **02.09.25 — 2 September 2025**. Its time and procedural classification are not inferred. A handwritten **“20”** is visible, without an identified role. Addressee: **PETROVIĆ MILAN**. Street: **[redacted]**. House number: **[redacted]**. City: **KRAGUJEVAC**. Delivery-post-office code: **34113 KRAGUJEVAC**. Postal address code (PAK): **[redacted]**. Apartment number: [blank]. Other printed field captions: sender’s name; street name and house number / post-office box; case number; register; type of item and number of attachments; addressee; street name / post-office box; house number; apartment number; settlement; postal code and name of the delivery post office; postal address code. One printed field caption is partly obscured by the overprinted case reference and is not reconstructed. **Postman’s (delivery agent’s) note in the event of non-delivery:** delivery attempted on [blank] at [blank] hours; notice left at the residence/business premises; notice left in the mailbox; notice affixed to the door; notice left in the post-office box. No alternative is marked. **The letter cannot be delivered because:** addressee unknown at the address; address unknown; addressee has moved; address insufficient; addressee deceased; addressee away. These are unmarked printed alternatives, not findings about the addressee. Postman’s signature: [blank]. Signature of the employee returning the item: [blank]. ## Source page 4 — enlargement of the postal stamp The enlargement shows the circular NOVI SAD / 21120 postal stamp, dated **02.09.25 — 2 September 2025**, over the envelope’s printed fields. The time is not reliably transcribed. House number: **[redacted]**. Apartment number: [blank]. Printed captions: “House number” and “Apartment number”. The date is a postal-stamp date; it is not treated as the date of court dispatch or proof of personal delivery. ## Source page 5 — attached CSR request of 27 August 2025 REPUBLIC OF SERBIA AP Vojvodina Centre for Social Work of the City of Novi Sad Novi Sad, Zmaj Ognjena Vuka 13 Tel: 021/210-1400 e-mail: novisad.csr@minrzs.gov.rs Date: 27 August 2025 No.: 560-111-1/2024 BASIC COURT IN NOVI SAD Reference: Your case no. P2.1435/2024 Subject: Request for postponement A hearing concerning the action brought by Petrović Milan of Kragujevac for annulment of a full adoption is scheduled for 3 September 2025. As the official who represents the Centre for Social Work of the City of Novi Sad as the defendant in the proceedings is absent due to illness, and the other authorised representatives are occupied with other cases, we request postponement of this hearing. DIRECTOR KATARINA STOLIĆ [Signature and Centre seal.] ### Receipt stamp on the attached request BASIC COURT IN NOVI SAD. Submitted to the post office by registered mail on: [blank]. Received in person / by post (registered / ordinary); **“in person” is circled**. Date: **27 August 2025**. **1 copy**, with [blank] attachments. Fee paid: [blank]; without fee. Time: [unclear]. Signature: [signature]. ### Editorial distinction between the two texts The CSR request gives illness of an unnamed representative and the other representatives’ commitments as its reasons. The one-page court order states the cancellation and the next date; it contains no separate statement of reasons. The request and attached court order contain no medical certificate. The receipt stamp records the CSR request’s receipt by the court, not the plaintiff’s receipt of the court order. ## Source page 6 — attached court order of 28 August 2025 REPUBLIC OF SERBIA BASIC COURT IN NOVI SAD Case no. P2. 1435/24 Date: 28 August 2025 NOVI SAD The Basic Court in Novi Sad, acting through Judge Bojana Vujić, in the legal matter of the plaintiff MILAN PETROVIĆ of Kragujevac, street and house number [redacted], against the defendant CENTRE FOR SOCIAL WORK OF THE CITY OF NOVI SAD, concerning annulment of a full adoption, has issued the following ### ORDER The hearing scheduled for 3 September 2025, starting at 10:00, is canceled. The next hearing is scheduled for 15 October 2025, starting at 10:30, courtroom 210/2. You are informed of this by this order; you will not receive another summons. Judge BOJANA VULIĆ, signed For the accuracy of the dispatched copy, [Signature and court seal.] ### Editorial note on the printed surname The opening paragraph reads **Bojana Vujić**, while the printed footer reads **BOJANA VULIĆ**. Both readings are preserved. The catalogue identifies the judge as Bojana Vujić, as in the opening paragraph and the earlier records in this case.