How is service of process effected in a foreign divorce case?
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First of all, according to the provisions of China's Civil Procedure Law, the defendant in a foreign-related divorce case can be served in the following ways:
1. be served in accordance with the provisions of international treaties signed between the country in which the person to be served is located and China
2. using diplomatic channels for service;
3. for Chinese citizen recipients, we can entrust the Chinese embassy in the recipient country to carry out the service;
4. by serving a process agent appointed by the person to be served, who has the right to accept service instead of the person to be served
5. service is effected by serving the representative state organisation set up by the person to be served in China or the branch office or business agent entitled to accept service;
6. by post if the law of the addressee's country permits service by post. If the certificate of service is not returned within six months after posting, it shall be deemed to have been served, according to the circumstances, on the day on which the period of arrival expires;
7. if service cannot be effected in any of the above ways, it may be effected by publication. Service shall be deemed to have been effected on the expiry of six months from the date of publication.