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Timestamp: 2017-09-26 16:09:58
Document Index: 459722188

Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 47', '§1', 'Art. 48', '§1', 'Art. 51', '§1', 'Art. 53', '§1', 'Art. 56', '§1', '§1']

Art. 47. An absent person is one who has no representative in this state and whose whereabouts are not known and cannot be ascertained by diligent effort.
When an absent person owns property in this state, the court may, upon petition of any interested party and a showing of necessity, appoint a curator to manage the property of the absent person. [Acts 1990, No. 989, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991]
Art. 48. The curator has power of administration and disposition over the property of the absent person as provided by legislation.
When the absent person is a spouse in community, the curatorship is limited to his separate property. [Acts 1990, No. 989, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991]
Art. 51. The curatorship of the property of the absent person also terminates when a judgment of declaration of death is rendered.
When an absent person has no known heirs and is presumed dead, it shall be the duty of the curator to initiate proceedings for a declaration of death. [Acts 1990, No. 989, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991]
Art. 53. When the curator acquires knowledge of the termination of his curatorship, he is bound to file a notice in the curatorship proceeding that his authority to manage the property of the formerly absent person has ceased.
Acts of administration or disposition made by the curator after the curatorship has terminated are valid toward third persons unless notice of the termination of the curatorship has been filed in the curatorship proceeding. [Acts 1990, No. 989, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991]
Art. 56. If there is clear and convincing new evidence establishing a date of death other than that determined in the judgment of declaration of death, the judgment shall be amended accordingly.
Persons previously recognized as successors are bound to restore the estate to the new successors but may keep the fruits they have gathered. [Acts 1990, No. 989, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991]
Arts. 60-85. [Repealed. Acts 1990, No. 989, §1, eff. January 1, 1991]