Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 79.djvu/775

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PUBLIC LAW 89-183-SEPT. 14, 1965

§20-2306. Transfer of property to receiver; schedule of property After the approval of the bond required by section 20-2305, the court may order the marshal to transfer and deliver to the receiver the possession of the property under the warrant provided by section 20-2302, and the receiver shall file in the court a schedule of the property received by him. §20-2307. Possession, by receiver, of additional property; collection of debts Upon petition of a receiver appointed under section 20-2305, the court may direct him to take possession of any additional property within the District of Columbia which belongs to the absentee and to demand and collect all debts due the absentee from any person within the District of Columbia, and hold the property and moneys collected as if they had been transferred and delivered to him by the marshal. § 20-2308. Procedure where absentee left only debts due him; appointment of receiver When the absentee has left no corporeal property within the District of Columbia, but there are debts and obligations due or owing to him from persons within the District of Columbia, a petition may be filed, as provided by section 20-2301, stating the nature and amount of the debts and obligations, as far as known, and praying that a receiver thereof be appointed. The court may thereupon issue a notice as provided by section 20-2303, without issuing a warrant, and may, upon the return of the notice and after a summary hearing, dismiss the petition or appoint a receiver and direct him to demand and collect the debts and obligations specified in the petition. The receiver shall give bond as provided by section 20-2305, and shall hold the proceeds of the debts and obligations and all property received by him, and distribute them as hereafter provided by this chapter. The court may confer upon the receiver such further authority as may be conferred under section 20-2307. § 20-2309. Care, custody, sale of property The court may make orders for the care, custody, leasing, and investing of property and its proceeds in the possession of a receiver appointed under this chapter. After the appointment of a receiver, upon his petition and after notice, the court may order all or part of the property, including the rights of the absentee in land, to be mortgaged, or sold at public or private sale, to supply money for payments authorized by this chapter or for reinvestment approved by the court. § 20-2310. Support of absentee's wife and minor children The court may order the property held by the receiver under this chapter, or its proceeds acquired by mortgage, lease, or sale, to be applied in payment of charges incurred or that may be incurred in the support and maintenance of the absentee's wife and minor children, and to the discharge of debts and claims for alimony proved against the absentee. § 20-2311. Receiver may adjust claims of or against estate The court may authorize a receiver appointed under this chapter to adjust by arbitration or compromise demands in favor of or against the estate of the absentee.

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