The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
001
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 14 V.S.A. § 921)
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§ 921. Property of persons serving in armed force — Absent persons, conservator
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.)