Mxsmanic wrote in
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Shirl writes:

Didn't say those were options.
They search for missing people whether the spouse approves it or not.
Why should she be responsible for the bill?

Not her, exactly, but the missing person's estate, but usually money
from the estate is money the widow will not receive.

The reason is that the state spends more or less on a search depending
on how important someone is. The average person is unimportant and
the search is short. But celebrities, politicians, millionaires,
children, and cute women (to cite a few groups) routinely receive far
more attention than others, and this costs the state a lot more. I
think the inequality should be reimbursed by the estate, in a country
that likes to think of itself as providing equality for all.

In your case Anthony, the search wouldn't even last a picosecond.