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GRANT v. IOWA DIST. CT. FOR HANCOCK CTY.

No. 91-1496.

492 N.W.2d 683 (1992)

Thomas GRANT, For Himself and as Administrator of the Estate of Michael Grant, and Kim Grant, As Mother of Michael Grant and For Herself, Plaintiffs, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR HANCOCK COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 25, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred A. Beardmore, Charles City, for plaintiffs.

Charles H. Levad, Mason City, for defendant.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and SCHULTZ, CARTER, LAVORATO, and NEUMAN, JJ.

LAVORATO, Justice.

In Garcia v. Wibholm, 461 N.W.2d 166 (Iowa 1990), we explored how far a guardian ad litem had to go in defending an incarcerated civil defendant. In this certiorari proceeding, we must decide whether the district court may properly order the plaintiffs to pay, before judgment, an attorney appointed as guardian ad litem the fees and costs incurred in representing such a defendant. Because we find no authority...

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