Yulin Li ex rel. Lee v. Rizzio

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 address*353ing 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 in this case engaged in the unauthorized practice of law when representing the interests of his son, we set aside as void the judgment as to the child’s claims. We dismiss the…