Ala. Code § 42-2-4: Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem and Counsel for Infants and Persons of Unsound Mind.

If the owner of the lands is an infant or is of unsound mind, the court, on the day appointed for the hearing, must appoint a guardian ad litem to represent him or her, and the guardian so appointed must file a written acceptance of the appointment, must appear and protect the rights and interests of such infant or person of unsound mind and, if he or she deems it necessary, may employ counsel to assist him or her. The compensation of such guardian and of his or her counsel must be ascertained by the court and taxed as costs of the proceedings.