Re: Manifest (2018), The 4400 (2004)/Death in Absentia
How can someone be declared dead without a body? What happens if someone who was declared dead is still alive?
Sources:
Social Security Administration Handbook, Sec. 1721.
New York Consolidated Laws. Estates, Powers, and Trusts Law, Sec. 2-1.7.
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes. Title 10, Chapter 57, Absentees and Presumed Decedents.
“Presumption of Death” Wikipedia.
Jeanne Carriere. "The Rights of the Living Dead: Absent Persons in Civil Law" 50 Louisiana Law Review 901 (1990).
Donald Miller Story
Benjamin Holmes Story
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20001203mag-thernstrom.html
Brenda Heist Story
https://abcnews.go.com/US/runaway-moms-husband-facing-insurance-payout-fight/story?id=19102738
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