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1997 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1996
Offered January 13, 1997
A BILL to amend and reenact § 8.01-73 of the Code of Virginia, relating to representation in suits relating to the real property of a person under a disability.
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Patron-- Johnson
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 8.01-73 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 8.01-73. Guardian ad litem to be appointed.

In every suit brought under this article, a guardian ad litem shall be appointed for any persons person under a disability not otherwise represented by a fiduciary on his behalf and for all persons proceeded against by an order or publication under the designation of "parties unknown" as provided for in § 8.01-316. The guardian ad litem shall file an answer as such.