Canon 1274

If the petitioner has not appeared on the day and at the hour set

for the joinder of issues (contestatio litis) and has not offered

a suitable excuse: (1) the judge is to cite the petitioner

again; (2) a petitioner who does not obey the new citation, is

presumed to have renounced the suit; (3) but the petitioner

later wishes to intervene in the process, can. 1273 is to be

observed.