All courts have the authority to:

1. (1) appoint a guardian ad litem to defend the interests of any person under eighteen (18) years of age impleaded in a suit; and

2. (2) permit any person, as next friend, to prosecute a suit in a minor's behalf.

   [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-2-3-1.]

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.4.