§ 30-3-205 — Petition for appointment

(a) The jurisdiction of the court shall be invoked by the filing of a petition by any person who would have an interest in the property or estate of the absentee were the absentee deceased, or any person who is dependent on the absentee for maintenance or support. (b) The petition shall be sworn to by the petitioner and shall state: (1) The names, addresses, and age of the spouse, children, mother, father, brothers, and sisters, or if none of these are living, the next of kin, of the absentee; (2) The name, address, and age of any other person who would have an interest in the property or the estate of the absentee if the absentee were deceased; (3) The exact circumstances that cause the person missing to be an absentee under § 30-3-201 , including the date the absentee was first known missing, interned, beleaguered, etc.; (4) The necessity for establishing a conservatorship; (5) Whether or not the person alleged to be an absentee has a will and the whereabouts of the will; and (6) A statement of all property constituting an asset of the alleged absentee's estate or in which the absentee has any interest and the approximate value of that property.

Legislative History

Acts 1972, ch. 785, § 5; T.C.A., § 30-1905.