1. If any infant, disabled person or convict in actual confinement shall file an answer, or if the disability of such person shall be called to the attention of the court, the court shall cause a copy of the letter notice of foreclosure described in section 141.450 to be forwarded by United States registered mail to the conservator of the disabled person or trustee of the convict, or if the disabled person has no conservator or the convict has no trustee the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for the disabled person or convict to represent him in the suit.

2. Failure to appoint or notify a guardian, conservator, or trustee, or to appoint a guardian ad litem as herein provided, after the disability is called to the attention of the court, shall constitute error that may be reviewed on appeal but absent such appeal this shall not invalidate any judgment rendered under sections 141.210 to 141.810. The error may also be urged by any competent person who may take an appeal on behalf of the disabled person or convict.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 141.470

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Guardian: if used in a section in a context relating to property rights or obligations, means conservator of the estate as defined in chapter 475. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
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