Questão jurídica principal
Whether the Serbian divorce judgment had to be recognized and entered in the civil-status register.
Decisão extraída
Recognition was properly refused because the respondent was not duly summoned within the meaning of Art. 27(2)(a) PILA.
Fundamentação extraída
Direct postal service in Switzerland did not satisfy the applicable Hague service rules; there were no grounds to assume a proper service through the respondent's lawyer or a valid waiver by appearance.