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YULIN LI EX REL. LEE v. RIZZIO

No. 10-0677.

801 N.W.2d 351 (2011)

YULIN LI, on Behalf of Gordon LEE, his Minor Son, and on his own behalf, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Joni RIZZIO, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

April 13, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Ochs of Gray, Stefani & Mitvalsky, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, guardian ad litem for appellant Lee.

Timothy S. White and Raymond Rinkol, Jr. , of White Law Firm, P.L.C., for appellants.

William H. Roemerman of Crawford, Sullivan, Read & Roemerman, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

Heard by VOGEL, P.J., and DOYLE and TABOR, JJ.

TABOR, J.

This appeal poses the question whether a parent who is not an attorney must be represented by legal counsel when litigating a personal-injury lawsuit on behalf of his child. Finding no Iowa case addressing this question, we join courts from those jurisdictions holding that non-attorney parents' representation of their minor son or daughter constitutes the unauthorized practice of law. Having determined the father...

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