{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-civil-practice-law-rules-1203","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Civil Practice Law \u0026 Rules § 1203","heading":"Default judgment","body":"§ 1203. Default judgment. No judgment by default may be entered\nagainst an infant or a person judicially declared to be incompetent\nunless his representative appeared in the action or twenty days have\nexpired since appointment of a guardian ad litem for him. No default\njudgment may be entered against an adult incapable of adequately\nprotecting his rights for whom a guardian ad litem has been appointed\nunless twenty days have expired since the appointment.","path":["Civil Practice Law \u0026 Rules","Article 12. Infants, Incompetents and Conservatees"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/CVP/1203","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"2e8475b7c03e4a88056a8142e402a9aa5983d27bd81c8deade7f39272bb0aa8e","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-civil-practice-law-rules-1202","next":"us-ny/n.y.-civil-practice-law-rules-1204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}