2005 Vermont Code - § 5219. — Persons missing and presumed dead; issuance of presumptive death certificate

§ 5219. Persons missing and presumed dead; issuance of presumptive death certificate

(a) On application of a spouse, parent, child or other near relative the probate court may direct the chief medical examiner to complete and sign a certificate of presumed death of a person who was a resident of the probate district and who has been absent for a continuous period of five years during which, after diligent search, the person has not been heard of or from or seen and whose absence has not been satisfactorily explained.

(b) On application of a spouse, parent, child or other near relative the superior court may direct the chief medical examiner to complete and sign a certificate of presumed death of a person who has been exposed to a specific peril of death and after diligent search, has not been heard of or from or seen. (Added 1989, No. 236 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 4, 1990.)