by admin | May 13, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Iowa
Transfer of an interest in a pending action shall not abate it, but may be the occasion for bringing in new parties.Iowa. R. Civ. P. 1.222Report 1943; November 9, 2001, effective February 15, 2002.
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Iowa
Any substitution of legal representatives or successors in interest of a deceased party, permitted by statute, must be ordered within two years after the death of the original party. If the decedent’s right survives entirely to those already parties, the action...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Iowa
Iowa. R. Civ. P. 1.213 to 1.220
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Iowa
If a party served with original notice appears to be subject to rule 1.211, the court may appoint a guardian ad litem for the party, or substitute another, in the ward’s interest. Application for such appointment or substitution may be by the ward, if competent,...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Iowa
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...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Iowa
An action of a minor or any person adjudged incompetent shall be brought by the person’s conservator if there is one or, if not, by the person’s guardian if there is one; otherwise the minor may sue by a next friend, and the incompetent by a conservator or...
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