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Kate McCann and Claudia Lawrence
More than 250,000 people are reported missing in the UK every year yet there is no law in place that makes it easy for their families to assume responsibility for their affairs in their absence.
"It's something you'd probably never consider a problem unless you found yourself in that situation," says Peter. "But thousands of families of missing adults cannot deal with the practical and legal issues that their missing relatives leave behind. Mortgages, banks, car insurance, telephone contracts – every practical aspect of adult life is just left hanging in the air.
"You make endless phone calls to explain the situation and all you get is 'You're not our customer', 'You're not our policy holder', 'We will need a signature from the account holder' – even though they know it's impossible. It's extremely frustrating and it happens when people are at their very lowest emotional ebb."
Btw: Ms+Mr McCann I don't believe re their missing daughter, sorry.