2005 Nevada Revised Statutes - Chapter 65 — Parties

CHAPTER 65 - PARTIES

NRS 65.010 Appointmentof guardian ad litem.

NRS 65.020 Actionnot to abate by death of any party after verdict.

NRS 65.030 Intervention:Right to intervene; procedure; determination and costs.

NRS 65.040 Indigentlitigants: Waiver of costs and official fees.

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NRS 65.010 Appointmentof guardian ad litem. When a guardian ad litemis appointed by the justice, he must be appointed as follows:

1. If the infant, insane or incompetent person beplaintiff, the appointment must be made before the summons is issued, upon theapplication of the infant, if he be of the age of 14 years; if under that age,or if insane or incompetent, upon the application of a relative or friend.

2. If the infant, insane or incompetent person bedefendant, the appointment must be made at the time the summons is returned orbefore the answer, upon the application of the infant, if he be of the age of14 years, and apply at the time or before the summons is returned; if he beunder the age of 14, or be insane or incompetent, or neglect so to apply, thenupon the application of a relative or friend, or any other party to the action,or by the justice on his own motion.

[Part 1911 CPA 784; RL 5726; NCL 9273]

NRS 65.020 Actionnot to abate by death of any party after verdict. Afterverdict shall have been rendered in any action for a wrong, such action shallnot abate by the death of any party, but the case shall proceed thereafter inthe same manner as in cases where the cause of action now survives by law.

[Part 1911 CPA 62; RL 5004; NCL 8561]

NRS 65.030 Intervention:Right to intervene; procedure; determination and costs.

1. Before the trial, any person may intervene in anaction or proceeding, who has an interest in the matter in litigation, in thesuccess of either of the parties, or an interest against both.

2. An intervention takes place when a third person ispermitted to become a party to an action or proceeding between other persons,either by joining the plaintiff in claiming what is sought by the complaint, orby uniting with the defendant in resisting the claims of the plaintiff, or bydemanding anything adversely to both the plaintiff and the defendant; and ismade by complaint, setting forth the grounds upon which the intervention rests,filed by leave of the court and served upon the parties to the action orproceeding who have not appeared, and upon the attorneys of the parties whohave appeared, who may answer or demur to it as if it were an originalcomplaint.

3. The court shall determine upon the intervention atthe same time that the action is decided. If the claim of the party interveningis not sustained he shall pay all costs incurred by the intervention.

[1911 CPA 64; RL 5006; NCL 8563]

NRS 65.040 Indigentlitigants: Waiver of costs and official fees. Theprovisions of NRS 12.015 apply toJustice Courts.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1210)

 

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