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Necessary Necessary. Non Necessary non-necessary. Uncategorized uncategorized. Advertisement advertisement. It is therefore impossible to give a comprehensive list of evidence required. Where a Declaration of Presumed Death is being sought because someone has simply been missing for a very long time 7 years or more , then the best, and most common evidence, will be Witness Statements from people close to the missing person, setting out when they were last known to be alive, where this was, and the circumstances around their disappearance.
Where the person has not yet been missing for 7 years, but there is clear evidence that they are likely to have died, then other evidence may be appropriate. Evidence from independent sources — such as tracing agencies, the police, the Salvation Army Family Tracing Service etc — will also be useful in proving to the court that all reasonable steps have been taken to try to find the person during the time they have been missing.
Applications are made to the High Court, and if the court is satisfied the missing person has either died or has not been known to be alive for a period of at least 7 years, then they will make a Declaration of Presumed Death. A successful application will result in the court granting a Declaration and notifying the Registrar General.
Once the application is made, there is a day period in which the decision can be appealed. This begins from the date of the Declaration. An Order to revoke a Presumption of Death can also be made by the court if the missing person is found, or if new evidence comes to light which suggests the missing person is still alive. There are legal fees payable to your solicitor as well as a fee payable the Court to lodge the application.
When making an application, all fees will be payable by you in the first instance, as the applicant. A possible alternative to a Presumption of Death application, is an application to the court for leave to swear to death. This latter application can be made when you believe your loved one has died and you are looking to deal with their estate, either according to their Will if they made one and you are named as their Executor or according to the Intestacy Rules.
Up to that point, no one has the authority to manage the deceased individual's assets regardless of whether claimed exclusively or mutually , life insurance, and it may not be possible to replace the individual as a regulator of a trust or organization.
The assets are viably 'frozen', and no one has the authority to manage them. Depending upon the conditions can bring about trouble and difficulty for the individual's family, employees and creditors.
If the individual had made a power of attorney before they went missing, things could continue as though the individual were alive at that point in certain regards. How does the application work? Under Section of the Evidence Act, a person who remains missing and has not been heard of by persons who would have usually heard of him for seven years is presumed to be dead for all legal purposes. To prove that a person has gone missing, one has to show that the persons seeking such a declaration have taken appropriate steps to find the person.
This may include filing a missing person complaint with the police, issuing advertisements, contacting relatives or friends and the like. The Court requires proof regarding the individual's background, disappearing circumstances, and any witnesses' account to disappearing the last person s to see the missing individual alive.
The Court also requires evidence regarding what has occurred since the disappearance, both in search efforts and whether any action may propose the individual is as yet alive for example, bank account activity. Once the Court is satisfied, it issues a decree declaring the person to be dead. Only after procurement of such a decree can the death certificate be obtained from the Registrar.
This assumption doesn't mean that the process is automatic; to get the advantage of this assumption and have the Order made, the applicant should, in any case, introduce the entirety of the evidence to satisfy the Court that the individual has disappeared and no indications of life. It is as yet a complex legal process to go through. Procedures to issue death certificates for missing people Given the provisions contained in the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, RBD , and the explanations as given by the Govt.
In this manner, those claiming the Death Certificates must deliver the actual evidence to support their legal heir status. Under Section of the Indian Evidence Act, , a missing individual for over seven years is assumed dead. Specimen format is being made accessible in all the RBD centres. Court precedents In Life Corporation of India v.
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