Manage a missing person's finances and property: Overview - GOV.UK

Manage a missing person's finances and property: Overview - GOV.UK
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Manage a missing person's finances and property
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Overview
You can apply to be a guardian and manage the finances or property of someone who:
is missing
is in prison abroad and cannot communicate
has been taken hostage or kidnapped
The person must be missing from home and their usual activities.
One of the following must also apply:
you do not know where they are
they cannot contact you to let you know their decisions
This guide is also available
in Welsh (Cymraeg)
.
You must
apply to the High Court
for a guardianship order.
You can apply when the person has been missing for the previous 90 days. You can apply earlier if it’s urgent, for example the person’s house is being repossessed.
The Office of the Public Guardian will supervise you while you are acting as a guardian. You’ll need to
keep records of the activities you carry out
and decisions you make.
You must
send reports to the Office of the Public Guardian
when they ask you for them. They will tell you when it’s time to send your report.
The Office of the Public Guardian might visit you.
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