N.Y. SCP Law § 311
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Designee for person under disability Whenever the person to be served is a person under disability, whether or not a party so requests, t...
Official statutory text
§ 311. Designee for person under disability\n Whenever the person to be served is a person under disability, whether\nor not a party so requests, the court may in the interest of such\nperson, require by order or direction in the minutes that a copy of the\nprocess issued be delivered to a person designated, in the manner and\nwithin the time specified. The person so designated shall have with\nrespect to the proceeding while so designated, in behalf of such person,\nuntil the return of process and such further time as directed by the\ncourt, the same powers and duties as a guardian ad litem and is\nauthorized to admit service of such process.\n
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