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Committee hears bill to revive statutes governing estates of absent persons
Senate Judiciary Committee · February 13, 2026
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Summary
Testimony supported reviving repealed statutes that allow trustees and courts to manage and ultimately distribute assets of absentees after statutory periods, with protections and bond requirements if the absentee later appears.
The committee heard Senate Bill 480, which would revive a set of statutes related to estates of absentees that were unintentionally repealed when the legislature adopted the Uniform Guardianship/Conservatorship acts in 2025. Reviser testimony said the bill revives KSA sections (59-2701 et seq., other…
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