Next friend definition
Next friend means a person designated in accordance with 12VAC35-115-146 B to serve as the authorized representative of an individual who has been determined to lack capacity to consent or authorize the disclosure of identifying information, when required under this chapter.
Next friend means an individual who is appointed under the order required under Paragraph 21.3 to represent the interests of another individual who lacks legal capacity to act on his or her own behalf due to being a Minor, or due to physical or mental impairment, and have been determined to lack legal capacity, being an LII.
Next friend means a person who is not 1 of the following:
More Definitions of Next friend
Next friend means a person able to act in place of the child to make an application to the Court to appoint a guardian ad litem.
Next friend means a person who intervenes to assist a child to bring a legal action;
Next friend standing is by no means granted automatically to whomever seeks to pursue an action on behalf of another. Decisions applying the habeas corpus statute have adhered to at least two firmly rooted prerequisites for "next friend" standing. First, a "next friend" must provide an adequate explanation-such as inaccessibility, mental incompetence, or other disability-why the real party in interest cannot appear on his own behalf to prosecute the action. Second, the "next friend" must be truly dedicated to the best interests of the person on whose behalf he seeks to litigate, and it has been further suggested that a "next friend" must have some significant relationship with the real party in interest.
Next friend means a person who appears in court on behalf of another person who is under disability, a minor, or otherwise unable to maintain a lawsuit on their own behalf as a result of their circumstances. The next friend is not a party to the lawsuit and can be any legally-competent person whose interests do not run counter to those of the person on whose behalf they are acting. The next friend is considered an agent of the court whose role is to protect the rights of the person on whose behalf they are acting.
Next friend means a person who intervenes to assist a child to bring a legal action; "NGO" means a non-governmental organisation;
Next friend means a person who intervenes to assist a victim who is a child or a child who is a mental patient and brings an action on behalf of a child, and includes a child welfare inspector;
Next friend means an adult person who is not appointed by the court but who acts on