mortuary law

right of disposition

Right of disposition, in mortuary law, is the right of family or friends to make decisions on the funeral, burial, cremation, or other methods of final disposition of the deceased. The order of the right of disposition varies depending on the...

secondary right of disposition

In mortuary law, the secondary right of disposition refers to the right of the state or local government to control the disposition of a corpse where no next of kin can be found according to statute. Typically when someone passes, the next of...

Sherman v. Sherman, 330 N.J. Super. 638 (Ch.Div. 1999)

Sherman v. Sherman, 330 N.J. Super. 638 (Ch.Div. 1999), is a case regarding who controls the disposition of a corpse, with the court applying state legislation instead of common law principles on disposition.

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Southern Life & Health Ins. Co. v. Morgan

Southern Life & Health Ins. Co. v. Morgan, 21 Ala. App. 5 (Ala. Ct. App. 1925), is an Alabama Court of Appeals case that established that spouses can lose their rights in the honoring of the deceased if they do not act within a reasonable...

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