Uredna dostava sudskih pismena osnovna je pretpostavka za ostvarenje načela saslušanja stranaka u parničnom postupku, temeljnog načela građanskog procesnog prava i postupka. U ovom radu se analiziraju odredbe Zakona o izmjenama i dopunama Zakona o parničnom postupku iz 2003. godine, kojima se uređuje institut dostave, točnije vrijeme i mjesto dostave, uspoređujući ih s odgovarajućim odredbama Zakona o izmjenama i dopunama Zakona o parničnom postupku iz 2008. godine. Ukazuje se na poteškoće koje nastaju u primjeni pojedinih odredaba i razmatraju se moguća alternativna rješenja po uzoru na srodna zakonodavstva. Ono za što se autorica posebno zalaže je mogućnost uručenja pismena gdje god se stranka kojoj je potrebno nešto uručiti zatekne kao i da takva dostava bude prioritetni način predviđen zakonom, a ne izuzetak kao do sada.The most important principle of civil procedure is the right to be heard before a court which is with good reason being viewed as an essential part of any proceeding in accordance with the rule of law. The paper analyzes the provisions of the Code of Civil Proceedings in Croatia from 2003. governing the institute of delivery, precisesly time and place of delivery by comparing them to the corresponding provisions of the Code of Civil Proceedings in Croatia from 2008. It also points out the difficulties arising in application of certain provisions of Code of civil proceedings in Croatian judicial practice and it offers a review of possible alternative solutions in the model of related legislatures. The author especially supports serving documents wherever the person being served may be, with the understanding that this would be the preferred delivery method, mandated by law, as opposed to the way this method is employed now-as an exception that is made with the consent of client or with the express orders of the court
