§ 15-5-21 Service by publication –
Jurisdiction acquired. –
After service of process on any petition, whether by citation or by
publication, where the adverse party has no attorney of record and cannot be
found for the service of citation or notice of any motion or any other matter
arising in the course of the proceedings, the court may order service by
publication and the service shall have the same effect as personal service
within the state on the party; provided, that the service shall not, in the
case of an adverse party who has not appeared either in person or by attorney,
and the petition against him or her was served by publication, authorize the
entry of any decree or order binding the party personally to pay any sum of
money or to do any other affirmative act.
(G.L. 1938, ch. 416, § 17; P.L. 1939, ch. 707, § 2; G.L. 1956, §
15-5-21.)