http://www.familylawmadeeasy.com/blog/if-one-is-the-last-living-family-member-of-a-deceased-relative-is-one-obligated-by-law-to-hold-a-funeral/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:21:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.familylawmadeeasy.com/blog/if-one-is-the-last-living-family-member-of-a-deceased-relative-is-one-obligated-by-law-to-hold-a-funeral/comment-page-1/#comment-2468 Emily Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:14:24 +0000 http://www.familylawmadeeasy.com/blog/if-one-is-the-last-living-family-member-of-a-deceased-relative-is-one-obligated-by-law-to-hold-a-funeral/#comment-2468 It is not against the law to not hold a funeral and not pay for a burial. You will certainly not be held responsible. If no one claims the body the state still has to bury it. Likely in a collective of similar plots or remote cemetery, no gravestone, no name, simply a number will designate their location. If this is a relative you had no relationship with or not a good one then this is the easiest answer. If you feel they deserve something more descent you can have them cremated for average of $750 and then scatter their ashes somewhere they loved or the ocean. It is not against the law to not hold a funeral and not pay for a burial. You will certainly not be held responsible. If no one claims the body the state still has to bury it. Likely in a collective of similar plots or remote cemetery, no gravestone, no name, simply a number will designate their location. If this is a relative you had no relationship with or not a good one then this is the easiest answer. If you feel they deserve something more descent you can have them cremated for average of $750 and then scatter their ashes somewhere they loved or the ocean.

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