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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Also, Jeff, I recently did some research on this issue for a client, If you would like to call me, I'm happy share that information with you.</font></span></div>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Is there a statute that sets up the process, under which a person, who has been missing for many months, can be declared dead?</p>
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