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SB 8 Guardians; disposition of remains.

Introduced by: L. Louise Lucas | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Guardians; disposition of remains.  Grants both public and private guardians authority to make arrangements for the funeral and disposition of remains, including cremation, interment, entombment, memorialization, inurnment, or scattering of the cremains, or some combination thereof, if the guardian is not aware of any person that has been otherwise designated to make such arrangements. The bill also clarifies that such guardians may make such arrangements if the next of kin of the deceased does not wish to make the arrangements or cannot be located.


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