Firm Update No. 2022-02本所动态 2022-02 号
In re Estate of an Absentee: Decree Establishing Death and Appointment of the Spouse as Administrator失踪人遗产案：法院裁定推定死亡并委任配偶为遗产管理人
- Practice领域
- Trust & Estate信托和遗产规划
- Jurisdiction管辖
- Surrogate's Court, Queens County皇后区遗产法院
- Our role本所角色
- Counsel to the petitioner spouse申请人（配偶）律师
- Status进展
- Decree and letters of administration issued 20222022年取得裁决及遗产管理委任书
IFacts事实
The client's husband had disappeared. Their assets, including cooperative apartment shares in Queens held with him, could not be dealt with while his status was unresolved. The firm petitioned the Queens County Surrogate's Court in an absentee proceeding. A guardian ad litem was appointed to protect the absentee's interests, notice of settlement of the proposed decree was served on him, and an administrator's bond was obtained.客户的丈夫已经失踪。在其状况未明的情况下，夫妻资产（包括与其共同持有的皇后区合作公寓股份）无法处理。本所向皇后区遗产法院提起失踪人程序。法院指定诉讼监护人以保护失踪人利益，拟议裁决的定案通知已送达监护人，并取得遗产管理人保证金。
IIQuestion Presented争议问题
How may a family obtain authority over the property of a person who has disappeared, and what must be shown before a court will declare the absentee dead?家属如何取得对失踪人财产的处置权？法院宣告失踪人死亡前须证明什么？
IIIRelevant Law相关法律
N.Y. EPTL § 2-1.7: presumption of death; three-year continuous absence; diligent search or inquiry; date of deathN.Y. EPTL § 2-1.7：死亡推定；连续三年失踪；勤勉查找或询问；死亡日期
N.Y. SCPA arts. 9, 10: administration of absentee's estate; adjudication of death; intestate administrationN.Y. SCPA arts. 9, 10：失踪人遗产管理；死亡裁定；无遗嘱遗产管理
N.Y. SCPA §§ 403, 801, 1001: guardian ad litem; person under disability; fiduciary bond; priority of appointmentN.Y. SCPA §§ 403, 801, 1001：诉讼监护人；无行为能力人；受托人保证金；委任顺位
IVDisposition结果
In January 2022 the Surrogate's Court issued a decree declaring the absentee's death, and in March 2022 it granted letters of administration to the client. The administrator filed an inventory of assets in May 2022.2022年1月，遗产法院作出裁决宣告失踪人死亡；2022年3月，向客户签发遗产管理委任书。遗产管理人于2022年5月提交资产清单。
Client details are withheld to protect confidentiality. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.为保护客户隐私，相关信息已隐去。过往结果不保证类似案件的结果。