Any minor entitled to sue may do so by his next friend. Either or both parents may sue on behalf of a minor as his next friend.
Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-8
How minors may sue
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 7 Va. App. 614 - Com., Dept. of Social Services v. Johnson (1989)
Most recently applied in 37 F. Supp. 3d 281 - Chicago Insurance Company v. Paulson & Nace, Pllc (April 2014)
Code 1950, § 8-87; 1977, c. 617; 1998, c. 402.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.