Issuance of summons

§ 736. Issuance of summons. (1) On the filing of a petition under this
article, the court may cause a copy of the petition and a summons to be
issued, requiring the respondent and his parent or other person legally
responsible for his care, or with whom he is domiciled, to appear at the
court at a time and place named to answer the petition. The summons
shall be signed by the court or by the clerk or deputy clerk of the
court. If those on whom a summons must be served are before the court at
the time of the filing of a petition, the provisions of part four of
this article shall be followed.

(2) In proceedings originated pursuant to subdivision (b) of section
seven hundred thirty-three of this article, the court shall cause a copy
of the petition and notice of the time and place to be heard to be
served upon any parent of the respondent or other person legally
responsible for the respondent's care who has not signed the petition,
provided that the address of such parent or other person legally
responsible is known to the court or is ascertainable by the court. Such
petition shall include a notice that, upon placement of the child in the
care and custody of the department of social services or any other
agency, said parent may be named as a respondent in a child support
proceeding brought pursuant to article four of this act. Service shall
be made by the clerk of the court by mailing such notice and petition by
ordinary first class mail to such parent or other person legally
responsible at such person's last known residence.

(3) In proceedings originated pursuant to subdivision (a), (c), (d) or
(e) of section seven hundred thirty-three of this article, the court
shall cause a copy of the petition and notice of the time and place to
be heard to be served upon each parent of the respondent or other person
legally responsible for the respondent's care, provided that the address
of such parent or other person legally responsible is known to the court
or is ascertainable by the court. Service shall be made by the clerk of
the court by mailing such notice and petition by ordinary first class
mail to such parent or other person legally responsible at such person's
last known residence.

(4) Where the petition contains allegations of truancy and/or school
misbehavior and where the school district or local educational agency is
not the petitioner and where, at any stage of the proceeding, the court
determines that assistance by the school district or local educational
agency may aid in the resolution of the education-related allegations in
the petition, the school district or local educational agency may be
notified by the court and given an opportunity to be heard.