26-68 - Appointment of conservator; jurisdiction and procedure. - Virginia Statutes

§ 26-68. Appointment of conservator; jurisdiction and procedure.

Whenever a person, hereinafter referred to as an absentee, disappears, orabsents himself from his usual place of residence, or is reported or listedas missing, or missing in action, or interned in a neutral country, orbeleaguered, besieged, or captured by an enemy, or has an interest in anyproperty in this Commonwealth, or is a legal resident of this Commonwealth,the court having probate jurisdiction in the city or county of the absentee'slegal residence or if such absentee be a nonresident of this Commonwealththen the court having probate jurisdiction in the city or county wherein theproperty is situated, upon petition alleging the facts and showing thenecessity for providing for care of the property of the absentee, made by anyperson who would have an interest in the property of the absentee were hedeceased, including a creditor of such person, or on the court's own motion,after notice to the heirs and next of kin of such absentee, as provided bylaw, and upon good cause being shown, may appoint a conservator to takecharge of the absentee's estate.

(1944, p. 361; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 5400b.)