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What if one or both of the child's parents are in jail?

Contact the jail or prison and ask them to personally serve the forms at the jail or prison.

If the jail can't personally serve the papers, you must ask the court for permission to serve by mail.

If the judge sign the order letting you serve the parent in jail by mail, this means you can have someone—not you—serve the court forms by mail to the person in jail.

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