N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 1203: Default judgment

§ 1203. Default judgment. No judgment by default may be entered

against an infant or a person judicially declared to be incompetent

unless his representative appeared in the action or twenty days have

expired since appointment of a guardian ad litem for him. No default

judgment may be entered against an adult incapable of adequately

protecting his rights for whom a guardian ad litem has been appointed

unless twenty days have expired since the appointment.