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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Rule of civil procedure 13, Iowa court rules, 1 2 third edition, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 13. DEFENSE BY A MINOR OR INCOMPETENT, PRISONER, ETC. No 1 4 judgment without a defense shall be entered against a party 1 5 then a minor, or confined ina penitentiary, reformatory or1 6 any state hospital for the mentally ill, or one judicially 1 7 adjudged incompetent, or whose physician certifies to the 1 8 court thathethe party appears to be mentally incapable of 1 9 conductinghisthe party's defense. Such defense shall be by 1 10 guardian ad litem; but the regular guardian or the attorney 1 11 appearing for a competent party may defend unless the court 1 12 supersedeshimthe guardian or attorney by a guardian ad litem 1 13 appointed in the ward's interest. 1 14 EXPLANATION 1 15 This bill eliminates the requirement in Rule of Civil 1 16 Procedure 13 that a prisoner confined in a penitentiary or 1 17 reformatory be provided a guardian ad litem to defend a civil 1 18 action filed against the prisoner. 1 19 LSB 3727XL 76 1 20 mk/sc/14.1
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