Persons having disappeared, absent from country, or forcibly detained, to be partially disabled, limited conservator appointed
If someone has gone missing, is being held against their will, or is stuck in another country and cannot come back for at least one month, and because of this no one can manage that person's money and property, another person can ask a court to appoint a limited conservator. That conservator can only do what is needed to take care of people who depend on the missing person and to protect that person's belongings while they are gone. The conservator must update the court every three months, and the whole arrangement ends as soon as the missing person is found or returns.
475.081. Persons having disappeared, absent from country, or forcibly , to be , appointed — procedure — , when. — 1. If a person has disappeared and cannot be located or has been forcibly detained either illegally or by a foreign government or is absent by reason of being physically located in a country other than the United States and is unable to to the United States because of physical or mental condition, for a period of one month or more, and such disappearance, , or physical location makes it impossible for that person, or any person legally acting on his behalf, to manage his as defined in section 475.010, any person may file a in the of for appointment of himself or some other qualified person as limited conservator for the disappeared, detained, or absent person. The court shall a in accordance with section 475.075, in which the alleged disappeared, detained, or absent person shall be to be an alleged . If the court finds that the has disappeared, is detained or is absent by reason of being physically located in a country other than the United States and is unable to return to the United States because of physical or mental condition as provided in this section, the court may , but the powers granted to the limited conservator and the powers of the court shall be limited to those powers necessary for the support and of persons legally upon the respondent and to powers necessary to prevent loss to the of the respondent during his disappearance, detention, or absence. The estate shall be administered upon the that the respondent is alive.
2. A appointed this section shall immediately notify the court if the has been found, has been released or has been returned to the United States. Upon receiving knowledge of such facts from the conservator or from any other source, the court shall order the terminated and require the conservator to file .
3. In addition to the of sections 475.082 and 475.270, a conservator appointed pursuant to this section shall notify the court every three months of the continuing disappearance, detention, or absence of the protectee which notice shall include the then current address of the conservator and the addresses of all persons legally dependent upon the protectee.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 1985 S.B. 35, et al., A.L. 1994 S.B. 734)
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Termination of guardianship or conservatorship, when
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Visitation, parent may petition for, when
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Effect of adjudication
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