VIRGIN ISLANDS RULES OF FAMILY DIVISION PROCEDURE Rule 92. Service of Petition and Notice

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Rule 92. Service of Petition and Notice

(a) Personal Service. On the filing of a petition requesting the termination of parental rights, a copy of the petition and notice of the date, time, and place of the advisory hearing must be personally served in accord with V.I. R.Civ.P. 4 upon:

(1) the parents;
(2) the legal custodians or caregivers of the child;
(3) if the natural parents are dead or unknown, a living relative of the child, unless on diligent search and inquiry no relative can be found;
(4) any person who has physical custody of the child;
(5) any grandparents entitled by law to notice of the adoption proceeding;
(6) any prospective parent identified by law;
(7) the guardian ad litem for the child or the representative of the guardian ad litem program, if the program has been appointed;
(8) any attorney who has been appointed to act as

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