[WSBAPT] Control of a body

[Steve King]

I had a similar situation where we did not have anyone who had clear authority to direct the funeral home. I just used a petition for instructions and explained what we needed.

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 12, 2021, at 3:38 PM, Brent Williams-Ruth <brent at williams-ruthlaw.com> wrote:


Greetings list -

Client had a child pass away. Unbeknownst to the client, the child was married.  Client signed authorization releasing body to a funeral home. Discovered child was married - funeral home (rightly) had held cremation until surviving spouse signs authorization.  Surviving spouse originally had connect with my client saying they would sign....then ghosted. It's been 6 days.  Funeral home is charging my client "storage" fees.

Is there any petition or anything where I can get a court order to permit my client the authority to dispose of the body?

Brent Williams-Ruth (preferred pronoun: he/him)
Attorney-At-Law

Law Offices of Brent Williams-Ruth, a division of BWR Consulting, PLLC

New Address & Phones Effective December 1, 2020: 500 S 336th Street, Suite 214; Federal Way, WA 98003

Office/Scheduling Phone: (253) 285-7751

Direct: (253) 285-7453

e-mail<mailto:Brent at Williams-RuthLaw.com> / website<http://www.williams-ruthlaw.com/> / facebook<http://www.facebook.com/bwrlaw> /

***Disclaimer: Please note that RPPT listserv participation is not restricted to practicing attorneys and may include non-practicing attorneys, law students, professionals working in related fields, and others.***
_______________________________________________
WSBAPT mailing list
WSBAPT at lists.wsbarppt.com
http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/wsbapt/attachments/20210212/9bc1b9ab/attachment.html>