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§58-710.


§58-710.
   
   At or before the hearing of petitions and contests for the probate of
   wills; for letters testamentary or of the administration; for sales of
   real estate and confirmation thereof; settlements, partitions and
   distributions of estates; and all other proceedings where all the
   parties interested in the estate are required to be notified thereof,
   the court may, in its discretion, appoint some competent
   attorney-at-law to represent in all such proceedings the devisees,
   legatees, heirs, or creditors of the decedent, who are minors and have
   no general guardian in the county, or who are nonresidents of the
   state, and those interested, who, though they are neither such minors
   or nonresidents, are unrepresented. The order must specify the names
   of the parties for whom the attorney is appointed, who is thereby
   authorized to represent such parties in all such proceedings had
   subsequent to his appointment. The attorney may receive a fee to be
   fixed by the court for his services, which must be paid out of the
   funds of the estate as necessary expenses of administration, and upon
   distribution may be charged to the party represented by the attorney.
   If for any cause it becomes necessary, the district court may
   substitute another attorney for the one first appointed, in which case
   the fee must be proportionately divided. The nonappointment of an
   attorney will not affect the validity of any of the proceedings.
   

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