Liability for costs of infant, judicially declared incompetent, or conservatee, or representative · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 1205. Liability for costs of infant, judicially declared incompetent, or conservatee, or representative. An infant, a person judicially declared to be incompetent, a conservatee, a person for whom a guardian ad litem has been appointed, or a representative of any such person, shall not be liable for costs unless the court otherwise orders.
A child, judicially declared incompetent person, conservatee, person with a guardian ad litem, or that person’s representative is not responsible for court costs unless the court orders otherwise. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Court Clerk in Plain English; Volume 2 — The Court Clerk: Civil Practice Law and Rules; Volume 1 — Your Career: Civil Practice in Plain English.