Grant v. Iowa District Court for Hancock County

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 certio-rari 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 — statutory or inherent — for such an order, we sustain the writ of certiorari.

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