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Practice question: Minor or Incompetent Persons

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

A plaintiff learns that an incompetent defendant has no legal guardian and declines to seek a guardian ad litem, arguing that the missing guardian allows proceeding with less protection. Which is best?
  1. Absence of a guardian eliminates Section10
  2. The plaintiff may privately appoint any ally
  3. The court must automatically enter judgment without notice
  4. Section10 provides the guardian-ad-litem route and assigns the application to the plaintiff
  5. The defendant’s condition conclusively proves the claim

Legal references

  • Rule14 Section10: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html

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