§ 146 — Time for appeal of infants or mentally incompetent persons not represented by a guardian or trustee

Delaware § 146

• Jurisdiction: Delaware
• Title: 10
• Part: Organization, Powers, Jurisdiction and Operation of Courts
• Ch. 1: SUPREME COURT
• Subch.: General Jurisdiction and Powers; Time for Taking Appeals

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When an infant or a mentally incompetent person is a party to an action and was not represented in the action in the lower court by a guardian ad litem, general guardian or trustee, the time within which such infant or mentally incompetent person may appeal to the Supreme Court shall begin to run at the ceasing of such disability and not at the time of signing the judgment or decree.

Legislative History

Code 1852, §§ 2758, 2762; Code 1915, §§ 4689, 4693; Code 1935, §§ 5147, 5151; 10 Del. C. 1953, § 146