§8-101. Estates of absentees; petition If a person entitled to or having an interest in property within the jurisdiction of the State has disappeared or absconded from the place within or outside the State where the person was last known to be, has no agent in the State and it is not known where the […]
§8-102. Warrant Upon receipt of a petition under section 8-101, the court may issue a warrant, which may run throughout the State, directed to the public administrator in the county where the property or some of it is situated, commanding the public administrator to take possession of the property listed in the schedule and expeditiously […]
§8-103. Notice Upon the return of a warrant issued under section 8-102, the court shall issue a notice reciting the substance of the petition, warrant and return, which must be addressed to the absentee, to all persons who claim an interest in the absentee’s property and to all whom it may concern, ordering them to […]
§8-104. Publication The return day may not be less than 30 days nor more than 60 days after the date of the notice. The court shall order the notice to be published once in each of 3 successive weeks in one or more newspapers within the county in which the petition was filed under section […]
§8-105. Hearing; appointment of receiver of property; bond The absentee or a person who claims an interest in any of the property may appear and show cause why the petition should not be granted. The court may, after hearing, dismiss the petition and order that the property in possession of the public administrator be returned […]
§8-106. Possession by receiver After approval of a bond under section 8-105, the court may order the public administrator to transfer and deliver to the receiver possession of the property under the warrant. The receiver shall file a schedule of the property received in the registry of probate. [PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, […]
§8-107. Collection of debts In addition to property transferred to the receiver under section 8-106, the receiver shall take possession of any other property within the State that belongs to the absentee and demand and collect all debts due the absentee from any person in the State and hold the same as if it had […]
§8-108. Appointment of receiver for absentee’s debts If an absentee has left no corporeal property within the State, but there are debts or obligations due or owing the absentee from persons in the State, a petition may be filed as provided in section 8-101, stating the nature and amount of the absentee’s known debts and […]
§8-109. Perishable goods The court may make orders for the care, custody, leasing and investing of all property and its proceeds in the possession of the receiver. If any of the property consists of live animals or is perishable or cannot be kept without great or disproportionate expense, the court may, after the return of […]
§8-110. Support of dependents The court may order the absentee’s property or its proceeds acquired by mortgage, lease or sale to be applied in payment of expenses incurred or that may be incurred to support and maintain the absentee’s spouse and dependent children and to discharge any debts and claims for spousal support proved against […]
§8-111. Arbitration of claims The court may authorize the receiver appointed under section 8-108 to adjust by arbitration or compromise any demand in favor of or against the absentee’s estate. [PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, […]
§8-112. Compensation; cessation of duties The receiver appointed under section 8-108 may receive compensation and disbursements ordered by the court, to be paid out of the absentee’s property or proceeds. If, within 8 years after the date of the disappearance or absconding found by the court under section 8-105, the absentee appears or a personal […]
§8-113. Termination of receivership If at the expiration of 8 years after the date of the disappearance or absconding found by the court under section 8-105, the absentee’s property has not been accounted for, delivered or paid over under section 8-112, the court shall order distribution of the remainder to the persons to whom, and […]
§8-114. Limitations Notwithstanding sections 8‑112 and 8‑113, if a receiver is not appointed within 7 years after the date of disappearance or absconding found by the court under section 8‑105, the time limited to accounting for, or fixed for distributing, the absentee’s property or its proceeds, or for barring actions relative thereto, is one year […]
