QUESTION
Who has legal right to remains of relative after cremated?
Asked on Apr 11th, 2016 on Estate Planning - Ohio
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I am only surviving heir of my Mother. Someone in my Mother's family decided to take over the cremation and delivery of my Mother without my knowledge. I had already made arrangements according to what her life insurance policy will cover. Is someone else allowed to go over me and take control without my knowledge or consent?
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Absent a written directive from the deceased, the remains are controlled by: -the surviving spouse, if none or they do not undertake the duty, then: -the children of the deceased, if none or they do not undertake the duty, then: -the parents, -the siblings, -the grandparents, -the descendants of the grandparents. Nothing gives the relatives of the spouse any authority.
Answered on May 18th, 2016 at 6:44 PM