§ 58-943. Contents of petition.

The petition for letters testamentary or letters of administration shall show:

1.  the jurisdictional facts;

2.  the names, ages and residence of the heirs, devisees, or legatees of the decedent, so far as known to the petitioner;

3.  a description and probable value and character of the property of the estate belonging to said absent person at the time of his disappearance;

4.  the name and address of the person for whom letters testamentary or of administration are prayed;

5.  the time and circumstances when the absentee was last seen or heard from;

6.  that the absentee has not been seen or heard from for a continuous period of seven (7) years by the persons likely to have seen or heard from the absentee (naming them and their relationship to the absentee) and that the location of the absentee is unknown to those persons and to the petitioner; and

7.  a description of the search or the inquiry concerning the location of the absentee.

Laws 1937, p. 5, § 3.