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Va. Code Ann. § 64.2-2300 Presumption of death from absence or disappearance; when applicable
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A. 1. Any person who is a resident of the Commonwealth shall be presumed to be dead if such person: a. Leaves and does not return to the Commonwealth for seven successive years and is not heard from; b. Disappears for seven successive years and is not heard from; or c. Disappears…
Va. Code Ann. § 64.2-2301 Distribution of fund when presumption of death not applicable
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A. In any civil action wherein any estate or fund is to be distributed, if the interest of any person to the estate or fund depends upon his having been alive at a particular time and it is not known and cannot be shown by the exercise of reasonable diligence whether such person …
Va. Code Ann. § 64.2-2302 Appointment of curator when presumption of death not applicable
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A circuit court, upon good cause shown, may appoint in accordance with the provisions of § 64.2-451 a curator for the estate of a resident of the Commonwealth in a case where the legal presumption of death is not applicable if (i) at least one year has expired since the date that…
Va. Code Ann. § 64.2-2303 Persons presumed dead; authority of clerk
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A clerk of the circuit court has no authority to (i) admit to probate a will of a person presumed to be dead, (ii) grant administration upon the estate of a person presumed to be dead, or (iii) appoint a curator pursuant to § 64.2-2302.