{"id":842,"date":"2020-06-25T12:47:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T12:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lundbennett.co.uk\/blog\/?p=842"},"modified":"2021-01-27T15:02:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T15:02:59","slug":"missing-persons-guardianship-and-the-presumption-of-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lundbennett.co.uk\/blog\/missing-persons-guardianship-and-the-presumption-of-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing persons, guardianship and the presumption of death"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Looking for a missing person<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

A missing person may be reported to the police. In addition, a number of organisations offer assistance in searching for a missing person.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Guardianship<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

A person going missing may give rise to a range of difficult financial consequences, as well as emotional and personal problems.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The\u00a0Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017<\/a>\u00a0came fully into force on 31 July 2019. It creates a new legal status of guardian of the affairs of a missing person, enabling someone to act in the best interests of a person who has been missing (generally) for 90\u00a0days or more. Applications for guardianship must be made to the High Court and, once appointed, guardians are supervised by the Office of the Public Guardian.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Presumption of death <\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Presumption of Death Act 2013<\/a> came fully into force on 1 October 2014.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This Act enables an application to be made to the High Court for a declaration that a missing person, who is thought to have died or who has not been known to be alive for at least seven years, is presumed dead. Once it can no longer be the subject of an appeal, a declaration is conclusive as to the presumed death and effective for all purposes and against all persons. The missing person\u2019s property passes to others and his or her marriage or civil partnership is ended.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Both\u00a0Scotland<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Northern Ireland<\/a>\u00a0have separate legislation governing the presumption of death.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

KIRSTEN BENNETT HAS VAST EXPERIENCE WORKING IN THIS AREA AND REGULARLY ACTS FOR FAMILIES LEFT BEHIND.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

For more information please visit our website here<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking for a missing person A missing person may be reported to the police. In addition, a number of organisations offer assistance in searching for a missing person. Guardianship A person going missing may give rise to a range of difficult financial consequences, as well as emotional and personal problems. The\u00a0Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017\u00a0came… Read More »Missing persons, guardianship and the presumption of death<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,312,366,175,332,365,7],"tags":[169,368,9,19,339,367,168],"class_list":["post-842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-law","category-family-solicitor","category-guardianship","category-lund-bennett","category-lund-bennett-law-llp","category-missing-persons","category-presumption-of-death","tag-family-law","tag-guardianship","tag-lund-bennett","tag-lund-bennett-law","tag-lund-bennett-law-llp","tag-missing-persons","tag-presumption-of-death"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t