"I havnae seen me willy in three years,
it could be declared legally daid!"
Posted on 10/11/2013 9:26:23 AM PDT by Twotone
A US man declared dead after he disappeared nearly three decades ago cannot now be declared officially alive, though he has returned home and is in good health, a judge has ruled.
Donald Miller of Ohio left behind a wife, two children and significant debt when he fled his home in 1986.
He was declared legally dead in 1994, then re-emerged in 2005 and attempted to apply for a driving licence.
A judge this week found death rulings cannot be overturned after three years.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
This is rare: a judge interpreting the law AS IT IS WRITTEN.
"I havnae seen me willy in three years,
it could be declared legally daid!"
So he can’t be taxed. Of course he could still vote in any Democrat precinct anywhere. Probably multiple times.
If he abandoned his family to drown in their debts, he does not deserve to be reinstated to the living IMO.
There’s any number of opportunities on cable&insane TV these days..
he could do a cameo on ‘The Walking Dead..
Alex Baldwin needs a sidekick for his new show on pmslsdnbc..
or.. my fave..
being a true DemocRat 2014 and 2016 dead voter..
Priceless.
I am with you on this one.
It may have been something the banks requested, but it looks like the state passed legislation. It still makes no sense. People take off & go missing for years. Why declare them dead? Instead, they should’ve declared his wife & family abandoned. She could’ve declared bankruptcy & gone on with her life.
I certainly agree he should still be held accountable now that he’s re-appeared. But it’s a very odd way to handle the entire situation. And ABSURD to declare an obviously living person has to stay dead. Sheesh!
Hmmmm ..??
Why not change your name - get a new SS#, and deprive your former widow of receiving any of your SS dollars you earn in the future.
It looks as if we have our first official Zombie. The living dead-who would have thought it possible
Worth it so that he no longer has to pay income taxes.
Well, on the upside, he is now exempt from taxes.
My Favorite Wife remake?
Judge Allan Davis handed down the ruling in Hancock County, Ohio, probate court on Monday, calling it a “strange, strange situation”, according to media reports.
“We’ve got the obvious here. A man sitting in the courtroom, he appears to be in good health,’’ he said, finding that he was prevented by state law from declaring Mr Miller legally alive.
“I don’t know where that leaves you, but you’re still deceased as far as the law is concerned.”
I think you may be right. He’s the living dead or ... the unliving living...or maybe we now have a bonifide, proved-in-court Schrodinger’s cat.
Once again. the law proves it is an a**.
P.S.: The court would change its tune soon enough if he killed someone.
Judge Allan Davis handed down the ruling in Hancock County, Ohio, probate court on Monday, calling it a “strange, strange situation”, according to media reports.
“We’ve got the obvious here. A man sitting in the courtroom, he appears to be in good health,’’ he said, finding that he was prevented by state law from declaring Mr Miller legally alive.
“I don’t know where that leaves you, but you’re still deceased as far as the law is concerned.”
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I think you may be right. He’s the living dead or ... the unliving living...or maybe we now have a bonifide, proved-in-court Schrodinger’s cat.
Once again. the law proves it is an a**.
P.S.: The court would change its tune soon enough if he killed someone.
Because if they’re not dead then nobody can inherit their property. There’s a lot of vital paperwork portion of the wife getting to go on with her life that works a lot better with a death certificate.
Where he “has to” stay dead is in stuff like that inherited property, he can’t get it back now. He’ll still be able to do stuff, but he gets to start from scratch, all his social security went to the wife, all his property, he’s at zero. It’s not an odd way to handle the situation, it’s the only way to handle the situation, do you want to suddenly make his wife pay pack everything that she got because he was thought dead?
An article from yesterday;
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3077446/posts
From the ABC article:
http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/ohio-judge-tells-man-legally-dead-20534083
snip
His ex-wife had opposed the move, saying she doesn’t have the money to repay the
Social Security benefits that were paid out to her and the couple’s two children
after Miller was declared dead.
Robin Miller said her former husband vanished because he owed big child support
payments and that the overdue payments had totaled $26,000 by 1994, The (Findlay)
Courier reported.
end snip
Who instituted this ‘three year rule’, I wonder?
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Apparently it’s a state law.....
Time’s Up: Statute of Limitations
Under a legal rule known as the “statute of limitations,” a legal claim must be
brought within a certain time limit.
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