CHAPTER 575

An Act to amend and reenact § 8-170 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to compromise of claims for personal injury to infants or insane

persons.
, [H 192]
Approved March 31, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
i, That § 8-170 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 8-170. In any case of personal injury to an infant, idiot or insane
person, caused by the wrongful act, neglect or default of any person or
corporation, when death did not ensue, the parents, or one parent if the
other be dead, or one parent if the custody of such infant has been
awarded to such parent by order of any court, or guardian of such
infant or the committee of such insane person, with the approval of the
judge of the court wherein an action might be brought for the recovery
of damages on account of such injury, may compromise any claim for
such damages. Such approval may be applied for by such parent or parents
or guardian of such infant or the committee of such idiot or insane person,
or by the person who caused the injury, on petition to such judge, in term
or vacation, stating the compromise, the terms thereof, and reasons there-
for, and convening the parties. In case such petition is filed by the person
who caused the injury, the judge shall appoint a guardian ad litem for
such infant, idiot or insane person and shall cause the parents or guardian
of such infant, if such there be within the jurisdiction of the court, or the
committee of such insane person or idiot if such there be, to be made
parties to the proceedings. The proceedings on any such petition, the effect
thereof, and the disposition of the papers in the case, when the proceeding
is in vacation, shall be in accordance with the applicable provisions of
§ 8-169 and § 8-639; provided that nothing in this section shall be con-
strued to affect the provisions of § 8-169 or 3 8-685. .