Norton v. Graham’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “(A) The court shall appoint an attorney at law to represent the defendant, on the petition or ex parte written motion of the plaintiff, when: (1) It has jurisdiction over the person or property of the defendant, or over the status involved, and the defendant is: [[Image here]] (c) Deceased and no succession representative has been appointed. [[Image here]] (B) All proceedings against such a defendant shall be conducted contradictorily against the attorney at law appointed by the court to represent him. For the limited purpose of any such action or proceeding, the appointed attorney at law shall be the proper | (¡representative of the succession of any such decedent to the same extent as if he were the regularly appointed and duly qualified administrator or executor in such decedent’s succession. (Emphasis added). (C) The improper designation of the attorney appointed by the court to represent such a defendant as curator ad hoc, tutor ad hoc, special tutor, or any other title, does not affect the validity of the proceeding.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. Unopened Succession of Nichols

2. “A. The court shall appoint an attorney at law to represent the defendant, on the petition or ex parte written motion of the plaintiff, when: (1) It has jurisdiction over the person or property of the defendant, or over the status involved, and the defendant is: (c) Deceased and no succession representative has been appointed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 161 So. 3d 1010 - Martin v. Unopened Succession of Martin