Presumption of death; confessions or convictions of murder.

Presumption of death; confessions or convictionsof murder. Provides that any person who is a resident of theCommonwealth shall be presumed dead if such person has disappeared,his body has not been found, he is not known to be alive, and anindividual has confessed to such person's murder under oath or hasbeen convicted of such murder. The bill further exempts such personsfrom the notice and hearing requirements otherwise required for thecourt to enter an order determining that the presumed decedent isin fact dead.