SouthAussie
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That is a good question. Is there a life insurance policy? If a body isn't found, when would a life insurance policy pay out? And if BR is named an official suspect in his wife's disappearance in an active investment, I don't see him getting it....
We looked into this further back in the threads (links are there).
A person needs to apply to the courts for a declaration of death, apparently. This can be done at any point where they feel that there is enough evidence for a court to declare the death (such as disappearing during the tsunami in Bali a few years ago.)
Otherwise they have to wait for 7 years before a missing person is, for all 'business' intents and purposes, declared deceased.