633.118  Attorney appointed for persons not represented.

At or before the hearing in any proceedings under this Code, where all the parties interested in the estate are required to be notified thereof, the court, in its discretion, may appoint some competent attorney to represent any interested person who has been served with notice and who is otherwise unrepresented. The appointment of an attorney under the provisions of this section, shall be in lieu of appointment of a guardian ad litem provided for in the rules of civil procedure.

Section History: Early form

  [C97, § 3423; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 12074; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, § 638.37; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 633.118]

Internal References

  Referred to in § 633.120, 633.121, 633.649


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