CCP 3171 - Appointment
CHAPTER 2. ATTORNEY FOR ABSENT HEIRS AND LEGATEES
Art. 3171. Appointment
If it appears from the record, or is otherwise proved by an interested party, that an heir of an intestate, or a legatee or presumptive legal heir of a deceased testator, is an absentee, and there is a necessity for such appointment, the court shall appoint an attorney at law to represent the absent heir or legatee.