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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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