§ 2-2-310 — Appointment of attorney for minors or nonresidents; compensation; failure to appoint of no effect

At or before the hearing of petitions and contests for the
probate of wills, for letters testamentary or of administration,
for sales of real estate and confirmation thereof, settlements,
partitions, and distribution of estates, setting apart
homesteads, and all other proceedings where all the parties
interested in the estate are required to be notified, the court
may appoint an attorney-at-law to represent 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
minors or nonresidents, are unrepresented. The order shall
specify the names of the parties, so far as known, for whom the
attorney is appointed. The attorney may receive a fee, to be
fixed by the court, for his services, which shall 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 court
may substitute another attorney for the one first appointed, in
which case the fee shall be proportionately divided. The failure
to appoint an attorney will not affect the validity of any of
the proceedings.