The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
003
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DESCENT, OMITTED ISSUE, AND LAPSED LEGACIES
(Cite as: 14 V.S.A. § 336)
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§ 336. Individual absent and unheard of; share of estate
If an individual entitled to a distributive share of the estate of a decedent is absent
and unheard of for six years, two of which are after the death of the decedent, the
court in which the decedent’s estate is pending may order the share of the absent
individual distributed in accordance with the terms of the decedent’s will or the
laws of intestacy as if the absent individual had not survived the decedent. If the
absent individual proves to be alive, he or she shall be entitled to the share of
the estate notwithstanding prior distribution, and may recover in an action on this
statute any portion thereof that any other individual received under order. Before
an order is made for the payment or distribution of any money or estate as authorized
in this section, notice shall be given as provided by the Vermont Rules of Probate
Procedure. (Added 2009, No. 55, § 5, eff. June 1, 2009; amended 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)