DISAPPEARED PERSON

disappeared  person.A  person  who  has  been  absent  from  home  for  a  specified  number  of

continuous years (often five or seven) and who, during that period, has not communicated with the

person  most  likely  to  know  his  or  her  whereabouts.  See  SEVEN-YEARS’-ABSENCE  RULE;

MISSING PERSON. [Cases: Absentees    2. C.J.S. Absentees § 2.] [Blacks Law 8th]