Ark. Code Ann. § 28-72-102: Appointment of trustee

(a) It shall be the duty of the circuit courts to appoint some suitable person trustee of the estate of any person imprisoned in some foreign country or who may be missing and whose whereabouts are unknown, and who has a family or dependents residing in this state.

(b) The trustee shall be appointed upon the petition of any person dependent upon the services of the missing person, or person imprisoned in a foreign country, for his or her support.