Rule 2.8 Discontinuance of cause before service of petition

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

rules 10.24-10.25 added by Family Proceedings 1993 rule 6
rules 2.71-2.77 revoked by Family Proceedings 1999 rule 19
rules 3.1-3.20 (Pt.III) am. (references to any of rules 2.52-2.70 shatl be read as references to those rules as they were before these rules came into force) by Family Proceedings 1999 rule 20
rules 3.21-3.23 added by Family Proceedings 1993 rule 4
rules 2.71-2.77 added by Family Proceedings 1997 rule 4
rule 2.45A-2.45B inserted by Family Proceedings 2003 rule 3

Before a petition is served on any person, the petitioner may file a notice of discontinuance and the cause shall thereupon stand dismissed.