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Once you've filed your Notice of Family Claim, you must arrange to have it served on the other side. You cannot serve the other person yourself, you must get someone else to do that for you, whether that person is a professional process server or a helpful friend.  
Once you've filed your Notice of Family Claim, you must arrange to have it served on the other side. You cannot serve the other person yourself, you must get someone else to do that for you, whether that person is a professional process server or a helpful friend.  


After the other person has been served, he or she <span class="noglossary">will</span> have 30 days to file a Response to Family Claim. The other side may also file a form called a Counterclaim. If this happens, the other side is making a claim of his or her own against you.
After the other person has been served, they <span class="noglossary">will</span> have 30 days to file a Response to Family Claim. The other side may also file a form called a Counterclaim. If this happens, the other side is making a claim of their own against you.


When you have received the other person's Response to Family Claim, you <span class="noglossary">will</span> have to set up a judicial case conference (JCC). You can do this with a special form of Requisition that the registry <span class="noglossary">will</span> have on hand.  
When you have received the other person's Response to Family Claim, you <span class="noglossary">will</span> have to set up a judicial case conference (JCC). You can do this with a special form of Requisition that the registry <span class="noglossary">will</span> have on hand.  

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