Petition for appointment of receiver, where absentees interested in property; United States attorney as party

§ 20–2301. Petition for appointment of receiver, where absentees interested in property; United States attorney as party (a) If a person entitled to or having an interest in property in the District of Columbia has disappeared or absconded from the District of Columbia, and it is not known where he is, or if he, having a wife or minor child, dependent to any extent upon him for support, has disappeared or absconded without making sufficient provision for the support, and it is not known where he is, or if his whereabouts is known and he has been without the District of Columbia continuously for two years or longer, a person who would under the law of the District of Columbia be entitled to administer upon the estate of the absentee if he were deceased, or, if no one is known to be so entitled, any suitable person, or the wife, or someone in her or the minor’s behalf, may file a petition, under oath, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, stating: (1) the name, age, occupation, and last known residence or address of the absentee; (2) the date and circumstances of the disappearance or absconding; and (3) the names and residences of other persons, whether members of the absentee’s family or otherwise, of whom inquiry may be made. The petition shall also contain a schedule of the property, real and personal, of the absentee, as far as known, within the District of Columbia, and pray that the property be taken possession of, and a receiver be appointed under this chapter. 79 Stat. 734 (b) The United States attorney for the District of Columbia shall be made a party to a petition filed under subsection (a) of this section, and shall be given notice of all subsequent proceedings under this chapter.