Minor or Incompetent Persons

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1. Under Rule14 Section10, service on a defendant who is a minor or an incompetent generally requires what combination?
2. If an incompetent defendant has no legal guardian, who applies for appointment of the guardian ad litem identified by S…
3. For a minor, Section10 expressly identifies service on whom in addition to the minor’s personal-service requirement?
4. Summons is handed personally to a seventeen-year-old defendant, but no parent or guardian is served under Section10. Th…
5. A parent receives summons for a minor defendant, but the minor is never personally served through the required Section1…
6. An adult defendant is shown to fall within Section10’s incompetency setting and has an appointed legal guardian. The se…
7. A plaintiff learns that an incompetent defendant has no legal guardian and declines to seek a guardian ad litem, arguin…
8. Explain the dual service protection in Rule14 Section10 for a minor defendant.
9. What does Section10 provide when an incompetent defendant lacks a legal guardian?
10. Why must the server distinguish a legal guardian from a business associate when Section10 applies?
11. Absent a special contrary rule or incompetency, does a competent18-year-old require Rule14 Section10’s minor-specific a…
12. Does merely employing a lawyer establish that the lawyer is the minor’s legal guardian for Section10?