Vermont § 921 Property of persons serving in armed force — Absent persons, conservator

Vermont Statutes

§ 921 — Property of persons serving in armed force — Absent persons, conservator

Vermont § 921

Title 14Title 14: Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations

Ch. 61Chapter 061: Executors and Administrators

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Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, § 921 (2026).

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When a person, hereinafter referred to as an absentee, who is serving in or with the U.S. Armed Forces, its allies, or as a crew member of a merchant vessel, has been reported or listed as missing, missing in action, interned, or beleaguered, besieged, or captured by an enemy, and has an interest in any property in this State and has not provided an adequate power of attorney authorizing another to act on the absentee’s behalf in regard to the absentee’s property, the Probate Division of the Superior Court may appoint a conservator to take charge of the absentee’s estate under the supervision and subject to the further orders of the court. The appointment may be made upon a petition alleging the foregoing facts, showing the necessity of providing for the care of property, and may be brough

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When a person, hereinafter referred to as an absentee, who is serving in or with the U.S. Armed Forces, its allies, or as a crew member of a merchant vessel, has been reported or listed as missing, missing in action, interned, or beleaguered, besieged, or captured by an enemy, and has an interest in any property in this State and has not provided an adequate power of attorney authorizing another to act on the absentee’s behalf in regard to the absentee’s property, the Probate Division of the Superior Court may appoint a conservator to take charge of the absentee’s estate under the supervision and subject to the further orders of the court. The appointment may be made upon a petition alleging the foregoing facts, showing the necessity of providing for the care of property, and may be brought by any person who would have an interest in the property if the absentee were deceased, or on the court’s own motion. The court shall schedule a hearing and notice shall be given as provided by the Rules of Probate Procedure. (Amended 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 44; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)