Is it less then 2 years
It makes no dofference what the circumstances are, every state has its own law on declaring when a person may be declared legally deceased.
He's been missing for 30 years. He dissapeared at age six which probably would mean he'd be a grandpa by now if he wasn't missing.
October 5th 1998
She was officially declared missing July 2, 1937.
7 years
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