(1) A person served with an Application for Divorce may acknowledge service of the Application for Divorce by an acknowledgment of service in accordance with the approved form.
(2) An acknowledgment of service may be signed by the person on whom the Application for Divorce is served or by the person's lawyer.
(3) If a lawyer signs an acknowledgment of service, the filing of the acknowledgment is taken to be proof of service of the document to which the acknowledgment refers on the date on which service is acknowledged.