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MATRIMONIAL CAUSES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1978 - SECT 21

21.(1) Any married person who alleges that reasonable grounds exist for
supposing that the other party to the marriage is dead may present a petition
to the High Court to have it presumed that the other party is dead and to have
the marriage dissolved, and the High Court may, if satisfied that such
reasonable grounds exist, grant a decree of presumption of death and
dissolution of the marriage.

(2) In any proceedings under this Article the fact that for a period of seven
years or more the other party to the marriage has been continually absent from
the petitioner and the petitioner has no reason to believe that the other
party has been living within that time shall be evidence that the other party
is dead until the contrary is proved.

(3) Articles 3(6), 10 and 11 shall apply to a petition and a decree under this
Article as they apply to a petition for divorce and a decree of divorce
respectively.

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