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Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 1,487 Send Message	Bob	Report	13 Mar 2004 00:28
	It seems that "missing presumed dead" means exactly that. It has no legal status at all. After 7 years a spouse can seek a "decree of presumption of death" in order to re-marry.
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 877 Send Message	Irene	Report	12 Mar 2004 19:02
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 877 Send Message	I think you will find they also have to make an effort to find the missing person in those 7 years but what the entails I don't know. Irene
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 669 Send Message	Seasons	Report	12 Mar 2004 16:36
	Think its 7 years - though how they determine it I've no idea but there must have been no contact with anyone including govt agencies etc surely.
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Janice	Report	12 Mar 2004 13:46
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	When someone "disappears" - particularly in the case of a spouse, after a certain time - I don't know the exact years - you apply to a court for a "missing presumed dead" order so that their affairs can be wound up and any spouse is free to remarry.
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 0 Send Message	Shirli	Report	12 Mar 2004 13:27
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 0 Send Message	Under what circumstances would a "missing presumed dead" announcement be made apart from the war? Be glad of some help. Thank you in adavance