Rule 2224.Effective date; pending actions.

This transitional rule dates the chapter on actions for wrongful death. The rules became effective on the fourth day of September, 1939, and they apply to actions pending at that time. A wrongful-death case already underway on that date came under the chapter, including its rules on notice to the persons entitled to damages (Rule 2205) and on court approval of settlements (Rule 2206).

The Official Note records the rule’s adoption on February 14, 1939, effective September 4, 1939. Several of the chapter’s rules have been amended since, including Rule 2206’s distribution provisions, most recently effective July 1, 1999; each rule’s history gives its dates. The minors chapter, adopted the same day, also reached pending actions under Rule 2049.