Code of Alabama - Title 6: Civil Practice - Chapter 7 - Parties

• Article 1 Wife for Husband.
• Section 6-7-1 Prosecution or defense of actions in name of husband or father
  When a husband or father has deserted his family, is confined in a hospital operated by the Alabama Mental Health Department, not having been declared...
• Article 2 Persons in Federal Service.
• Section 6-7-20 Persons in federal service and spouses living in state deemed residents for purpose of commencing actions
  (a) Any person in any branch or service of the government of the United States of America, including those in the military, air, and naval...
• Article 3 Bankrupts.
• Section 6-7-30 Proceedings when defendant involved in bankruptcy
  In any civil action in any court in this state in which the defendant has been adjudicated a bankrupt, in which a defendant has filed...
• Article 4 Cotenants.
• Section 6-7-40 Action against cotenant or coparcener
  A joint tenant, tenant in common, or tenant in coparcenary may commence an action against his cotenant or coparcener, or personal representative for receiving more...
• Article 5 Nonconsenting Plaintiff.
• Section 6-7-50 Use of nonconsenting person's name by another plaintiff; nonconsenting person's right to recovery
  If any person necessary to be joined as plaintiff in any action or proceeding shall, upon request, not consent to join therein, his name may,...
• Article 6 Partnerships.
• Section 6-7-70 Commencement of action against partnership in common name or against any associates thereof
  Two or more persons associated together as partners in any business or pursuit who transact business under a common name, whether it comprises the names...
• Article 7 Unincorporated Associations.
• Section 6-7-80 Right to commence actions
  An action may be commenced by, and in the name of, any unincorporated organization or association.
• Section 6-7-81 Commencement of actions against; satisfaction of judgment
  (a) Actions may be commenced against, and in the name of, any unincorporated organization or association for any cause of action for or upon which...
• Article 8 Infants and Incompetents.
• Section 6-7-100 Substitution pending an action - Guardian for next friend
  If the action is not for a personal injury to the ward, whether the ward is a minor or a person of unsound mind, on...
• Section 6-7-101 Substitution pending an action - Death of ward
  If, pending an action, a ward should die, his or her personal representative may be made the party plaintiff or, if the nature of the...
• Section 6-7-102 Actions against guardians of persons of unsound minds
  The guardian of a person of unsound mind may have an action commenced against him on any contract made by the ward, for any tort...
• Section 6-7-103 Action for improper appointment of guardians ad litem; statute of limitations thereon; liability for suggestion of appointment by plaintiff, etc
  (a) Any judge, register, clerk, or other officer who shall knowingly appoint any person as guardian ad litem for any infant or non compos mentis...

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