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The deceased was of legal age - -A will is an instrument for the ordered
disposition of real and personal property that is to take effect upon death.
Which of the following is a requirement for a will to take effect?
- The GPL for retention, and the casket and vault price list for reference only
- -The Funeral Rule, which is enforced by the Federal Trade Commission
(FTC), has many provisions. These include mandated disclosures and
restrictive actions. At the very start of a face-to-face discussion with the
public regarding the selection of funeral goods or services and/or the prices
of them, the funeral director is required to give the consumer:
- Constructive - -Constructive custody in funeral service is the term applied
to the custody rights that supersede actual custody rights, and they include
the right of a party to control the disposition of the deceased. The person
with actual custody may sometimes be a third party (such as a livery or
public carrier), but someone else would maintain constructive custody at all
times. Caveat emptor is Latin for "let the buyer beware." Consignment refers
to merchandise shipped to an agent or to a customer. It does not take place
as a result of an actual purchase, but under an agreement obliging the
consignee to pay the consignor for the goods within a certain period of time
once the merchandise is sold. Endowment refers to a permanent fund of
property or money that is established to benefit an institution or person. An
example is the sale of perpetual care cemetery property.
- Funeral expenses, administration expenses, and taxes - -An insolvent
estate is an estate of a deceased person whose assets are insufficient to pay
the estate's debts, taxes, and administrative expenses. It is the state statute
that controls the priority of these claims. In most states, though, the priority
of claims—from top priority to lowest
- FTC - -A federal government agency created to promote consumer
protection, encourage free and fair competition, and prevent what regulators
determine to be anti-competitive business practices
- Tort - -A tort occurs when a person takes a wrongful action against
another person or property, and is a civil law matter. Mutilation as it relates
to mortuary science is inflicting bodily damage or injury on a person or
animal by removing or destroying body parts. Obstruction occurs when a
person or a situation creates an impasse or hinders someone from doing
something. Replevin is an action to pick up goods or property by somebody
, who claims to own them and who promises to have the claim later tested in
court. It does not apply to human remains
- Police power - -Police power is based on constitutional law, and is the
ability of the federal government and the states to order and be in command
of certain prescribed legal actions necessary for the maintenance of public
safety, health, order, and welfare. A tort is a wrongful action against a
person or property, and is a civil law matter. A restrictive covenant is a deed
restriction restraining the use of property in some prescribed manner.
Uniform probate code is a statute passed by many states to varying degrees
that spells out the laws that exist regarding the affairs of decedents and their
estates.
- A memorial service is always held without the casketed body - -Funeral
rite is a term that can describe both funerals and/or memorial services.
Funeral, on the other hand, describes a service conducted when the body is
present. During an entombment service, the human casketed body is placed
in a crypt. A graveside service refers to one in which the deceased is in a
casket. It is held at the cemetery interment site (grave) instead of a church
or chapel. The casketed body is present at a traditional or complete
cremation service, but at the end of the service the decreased goes to the
crematory to be cremated instead of to the cemetery for interment burial.
- The APPLICATION FOR UNITED STATES FLAG FOR BURIAL PURPOSES, also
known as VA form 90-2008 - -The APPLICATION FOR UNITED STATES FLAG
FOR BURIAL PURPOSES, also known as VA form 90-2008, is the accepted
document to apply for an American flag. The APPLICATION FOR BURIAL
BENEFITS is the form to apply for burial benefits at the Veterans
Administration. The STATEMENT OF DEATH BY FUNERAL DIRECTOR is a form
completed by the funeral director to notify the Social Security Administration
of the death. It is unrelated to the Veterans Administration. The APPLICATION
FOR STANDARD GOVERNMENT HEADSTONE OR MARKER is for a memorial
issued by the Veterans Administration.
- Cot - -A portable stretcher used by both ambulances and funeral homes to
move the injured or deceased that is considered to be the most important
item for transferring remains from a house or an institution
- Purposes of a death certificate? - -The purpose of the death certificate is
to show vital statistics information and cause of death for medical or
actuarial study, to serve as the legal permanent record of the deceased, and
to serve as the legal record that final disposition has occurred. The Burial
Cremation or Transit/Disposition Permit is a legal document issued by the
proper government bureau authorizing transportation and/or disposition of
human remains. It is the legal permit for the final disposition to take place.
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