N.Y. CVP Law § 1203
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Default judgment
Official statutory text
§ 1203. Default judgment. No judgment by default may be entered\nagainst an infant or a person judicially declared to be incompetent\nunless his representative appeared in the action or twenty days have\nexpired since appointment of a guardian ad litem for him. No default\njudgment may be entered against an adult incapable of adequately\nprotecting his rights for whom a guardian ad litem has been appointed\nunless twenty days have expired since the appointment.\n
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