Certain categories of litigants in civil, probate, and family court matters, such as minors or persons determined to be mentally incapacitated, are afforded special protections which may include appointment of counsel and/or a fiduciary. See, e.g., N.J.S.A. 3B:13A–3 (providing that in conservatorship proceedings “court shall have the right to appoint counsel for [a] proposed conservatee if it believes that counsel is necessary to adequately protect the interests of the conservatee”); R. 5:8A (stating that in cases “where custody or parenting time/visitation is an issue,” Family Part, on its own motion or motion of party or child at issue, may “appoint counsel on behalf of the child or children” if “the trial court concludes that a child's best interest is not being sufficiently protected by the attorneys for the parties”); J.L. v. G.D., 422 N.J.Super. 487, 489, 29 A.3d 752 (Ch.Div.2010) (stating that “where the plaintiff is a minor and the defendant is an adult represented by private counsel, the court shall appoint a licensed New Jersey attorney to represent the minor's interests at trial”); State v. Ehrenberg, 284 N.J.Super. 309, 315, 664 A.2d 1301 (Law Div.1994) (stating that “[w]hen a bona fide doubt is raised as to the competence of a mentally ill defendant to proceed pro se, counsel should be appointed to aid in the competency determination, as well as to assist the defendant in trying the case”). B.