64.1-106.1 - Appointment of curator when presumption of death not applicable. - Virginia Statutes

§ 64.1-106.1. Appointment of curator when presumption of death not applicable.

After one year has expired since the date that a resident of the Commonwealthwas last seen or heard from, and it is not known and cannot be shown by theexercise of reasonable diligence whether such person is alive, and the caseis one in which the legal presumption of death does not apply, the court may,upon good cause shown, enter its decree appointing a curator for the estateof such resident as if he were dead, pursuant to § 64.1-93. In determininggood cause hereunder, the court shall take into account the existence andefficacy of any durable power of attorney.

(2006, c. 351.)