Rule 17 Parties Plaintiff and Defendant: Capacity

(a) Real Party in Interest. Every action shall be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest. As an executor, administrator, guardian, bailee, trustee of an express trust, a party with whom in whose name a contract has been made for the benefit of another, or a party authorized by statute may sue in his own name without joining with him the party for whose benefit the action is brought; and when a statute of American Samoa so provides, an action for the use of benefit of another shall be brought in the name of the American Samoa Government. No action shall be dismissed on the ground that it is not prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest until a reasonable time has been allowed after objection for ratification of commencement of the action, or joinder or substitution of, the real party in interest; and such ratification, joinder, or substitution of, the real party in interest; and such ratification, joinder, or substitution shall have the same effect as if the action has been commenced in the name of the real party in interest.

(b) (OMITTED).

(c) Infants of Incompetent Persons. Whenever an infant or incompetent person has a representative, such as general guardian,committee, conservator, or other like fiduciary, the representative may sue or defend on behalf of the infant or incompetent person. If an infant or incompetent person does not have a duly appointed representative he may sue by his next friend or by a guardian ad litem. The court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for an infant or incompetent person not otherwise represented in an action or shall make such other order as it deems proper for the protection of the infant or incompetent person.