Section 1203 – Default judgment

May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, New York

No judgment by default may be entered against an infant or a person judicially declared to be incompetent unless his representative appeared in the action or twenty days have expired since appointment of a guardian ad litem for him. No default judgment may be entered against an adult incapable of adequately protecting his rights for whom a guardian ad litem has been appointed unless twenty days have expired since the appointment.

N.Y. C.P.L.R. Law ยง 1203