IA · rules
Iowa R. Civ. P. 1.211
Defense by incompetent, prisoner, etc
No judgment without a defense shall be entered
against a party then a minor, or confined in a penitentiary, reformatory or any state hospital for the
mentally ill, or one adjudged incompetent, or whose physician certifies to the court that the party
appears to be mentally incapable of conducting a defense. Such defense shall be by guardian ad
litem; but the conservator (and if there is no conservator, the guardian) of a ward or the attorney
appearing for a competent party may defend unless the proceeding was brought by or on behalf of
such fiduciary or unless the court supersedes such fiduciary by a guardian ad litem appointed in the
ward’s interest.
History
[Report 1943; amended by 58GA, ch 152, §199; October 31, 1997, effective January 24, 1998; November 9, 2001, effective February 15, 2002]
Provenance
- Source
- www.legis.iowa.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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