Does a trial judge have a duty to advise a party that the party can not represent itself?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Lucas v. Bakersfield Green Thumb Garden Club, F072136 (Cal. App. 2017):
Plaintiff further argues that the trial court failed to inform the parties that the corporation could not represent itself. (See Gamet v. Blanchard, supra, 91 Cal.App.4th at p. 1284, fn. 5 ["It is the duty of the trial judge to advise the representative of the
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