In Re the Marriage of McGonigle

HARRIS, Justice.

We affirm a dissolution-of-marriage decree entered against a prisoner who unsuccessfully requested appointment of a guardian ad litem, and who thereafter requested to — and was allowed to — represent himself.

Mark Allen McGonigle, a penitentiary prisoner faced with a dissolution-of-marriage proceeding, petitioned for appointment of a guardian ad litem pursuant to Iowa rule of civil procedure 13. 1 The district court grant ed the motion, provided McGonigle would pay the fees for the requested services. See Lalla v. Gilroy, 369 N.W.2d 431, 433-34 (Iowa 1985) (court without…