1. On or after the date of the filing of a petition to appoint a guardian:
(a) The court may appoint an attorney to represent the protected minor or proposed protected minor; and
(b) The attorney must represent the protected minor or proposed protected minor until relieved of that duty by court order.
2. The attorney is entitled to reasonable compensation from the estate of the protected minor or proposed protected minor. If the court finds that a person has unnecessarily or unreasonably caused the appointment of an attorney, the court may order the person to pay to the estate of the protected minor or proposed protected minor all or part of the expenses associated with the appointment of the attorney.
3. An attorney who is appointed pursuant to subsection 1 may not serve as a guardian ad litem or an advocate for the best interests of a protected minor or proposed protected minor.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 820)
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