Missouri Statutes

§ 507.210 — Appointment of guardian ad litem, when.

Missouri § 507.210

JurisdictionMissouri

Title XXXVCIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS

Ch. 507Parties

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Bluebook

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 507.210 (2026).

Text

If such infant defendant neglects, for one day after the expiration of the time within which the infant defendant is summoned to appear to the suit, to procure the appointment of a guardian ad litem to defend the suit, the court shall appoint some competent person to be guardian ad litem for such infant in the defense of such suit.

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Legislative History

(RSMo 1939 § 869, A.L. 1949 H.B. 2117, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45) Prior revisions: 1929 § 718; 1919 § 1175; 1909 § 1749

Nearby Sections

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§ 507.010

Prosecution in name of real party in interest.

§ 507.020

Action on claim under foreign law.

§ 507.030

Persons having a joint interest shall be made plaintiffs — defendants, when.

§ 507.040

Permissive joinder of parties — separate trials.

§ 507.050

Misjoinder of parties.

§ 507.060

Persons having claims against plaintiff or plaintiff's insured may be joined as defendants and required to interplead, when — limitation on liability, when — dismissal not required, when.

§ 507.070

Class actions — representatives — secondary actions by stockholders — dismissal or compromise.

§ 507.080

Third-party notice — when defendant may bring in third party — notice to plaintiff — third party to file petition, when.

§ 507.090

Intervention — when as of right and when permissive — procedure.

§ 507.100

Substitution of parties upon death, mental incapacity or transfer of interest.

§ 507.110

Suits by infants, how prosecuted.

§ 507.115

Infant defined for civil suit purposes.

§ 507.120

Appointment of next friend, by whom.

§ 507.130

§ 507.140

Appointment when minor is under fourteen years old.

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