Prolonged unexplained absence shifts the burden of proving continued life to the person asserting that the individual remains alive. Where a person's life or death is in question, proof that the person has not been heard of for seven years by those who would naturally have heard of the ... Summary
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Prolonged unexplained absence shifts the burden of proving continued life to the person asserting that the individual remains alive.
Where a person's life or death is in question, proof that the person has not been heard of for seven years by those who would naturally have heard of the person if alive shifts the burden of proving continued life to the person asserting that the person remains alive. The rule regulates the evidential burden concerning whether a person is alive or dead.
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