2013 Vermont Statutes
Title 14 Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 105 TRUSTS AND TRUSTEES
§ 2306 Trustees; appointment over absent person's estate
2306. Trustees; appointment over absent person's estate
(a) In the case of an absent person, the probate division of the superior court shall appoint one or more trustees of the absent person's estate on application by petition, the appointment to take precedence and apply to all property belonging to such absent person wherever the same may be located.
(b) A petition to appoint one or more trustees of an absent person's estate shall be made by:
(1) One or more of his or her nearest relatives; or
(2) The executor or administrator aforesaid; or
(3) The town service officer of the town where the absent person had a last known domicile in the state, or in case he or she had no domicile in the state, then where his or her property or any portion thereof is located. (Amended 1967, No. 147, 13, 53(b), eff. Oct. 1, 1968; 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), 101; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)
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