New York Laws
Title 3 - Enforcement
77-H - Service of Petition and Order.

ยง 77-h. Service of petition and order. Except as otherwise provided in
section seventy-seven-j of this title, the petition and order must be
served, by any method authorized by the law of this state, upon
respondent and any person who has physical custody of the child. Service
may be made outside the state in the manner prescribed by section
seventy-five-g of this article.