Vermont § 921 - Property of persons serving in armed force — Absent persons, conservator When a person, hereinafter referred to as an absentee, who is serving in or with the

§ 921. Property of persons serving in armed force — Absent persons, conservator When a person, hereinafter referred to as an absentee, who is serving in or with the

• U.S. Armed Forces, its allies, or as a crew member of a merchant vessel, has been
  reported or listed as missing, missing in action, interned, or beleaguered, besieged,
  or captured by an enemy, and has an interest in any property in this State and has
  not provided an adequate power of attorney authorizing another to act on the absentee’s
  behalf in regard to the absentee’s property, the Probate Division of the Superior
  Court may appoint a conservator to take charge of the absentee’s estate under the
  supervision and subject to the further orders of the court. The appointment may be
  made upon a petition alleging the foregoing facts, showing the necessity of providing
  for the care of property, and may be brought by any person who would have an interest
  in the property if the absentee were deceased, or on the court’s own motion. The court
  shall schedule a hearing and notice shall be given as provided by the Rules of Probate
  Procedure. (Amended 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 44; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)