§ 53-9-41 - (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Application for appointment of conservator
O.C.G.A. 53-9-41 (2010)
53-9-41. (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Application for appointment of conservator
(a) When any resident of this state may be an "absentee" as defined in Code Section 53-9-40, any person having an interest in the estate of the absentee, the spouse of the absentee, the next kin of the absentee by reason of being an heir at law, or a person having the legal custody of minors or incompetents who are heirs at law may make application to the superior court of the county in which the absentee resided at the time of his disappearance for the appointment of a conservator of his estate.
(b) The application shall set forth the name of the absentee, his place of residence in the county, the circumstances under which he disappeared, what inquiry has been made as to his whereabouts, the fact that the missing person or absentee, if he were living, would probably have communicated with the petitioner or with some person of whom inquiry has been made, a description of the property owned by the absentee or in which he may have an interest and the estimated value of such property, together with a statement showing the interest of the petitioner in the estate and the names and addresses of all known heirs at law and dependents of the absentee.