[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR72.20]

[Page 354]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 72_DEATHS AND ESTATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 72.20  Responsibility if ``partner in trade'' is present.

    Although the law (22 U.S.C. 1175) also relieves the consular officer 
of responsibility if a ``partner in trade'' is present, the death of one 
member of a partnership automatically dissolves this relationship. 
Consequently, the surviving partner or partners have no beneficial 
interest as ``partners in trade'' in the personal estate of the 
deceased. The duties and responsibilities of provisional conservator of 
the personal estate of the deceased cannot therefore be assumed by a 
surviving partner, unless he is duly authorized to act as a legal 
representative of the deceased. Accordingly, the presence of a former 
``partner in trade'' will not necessarily relieve the consular officer 
of his responsibility.