Section 93-5-13 – Guardian ad litem

May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Mississippi

If the defendant is an infant or a person with mental illness, the court may appoint a guardian ad litem for the defendant.

Miss. Code § 93-5-13

Codes, 1857, ch. 40, art. 22; 1871, § 1777; 1880, § 1165; 1892, § 1570; 1906, § 1678; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1420; 1930, § 1418; 1942, § 2739; Laws, 2008, ch. 442, § 26, eff. 7/1/2008.