[ Text of section effective until March 31, 2012. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 29. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44 as amended by 2010, 409, Sec. 23 and 2011, 224.]

  Section 18. If a minor or a person under guardianship or conservatorship is a necessary party to an arbitration or compromise under section fifteen, he shall be represented in the proceedings by his guardian or conservator, or by a guardian ad litem appointed by the court, who shall in the name and in behalf of the party he represents, make and receive all proper conveyances and payments necessary to carry into effect any award or compromise sanctioned by the court.