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If a funeral director is designated as the manager of the funeral home, how often are they required to be on-site at the funeral home? Is the manager required to be on-site a certain number of days or weeks?

I recently read a FORUM story on the issue of taking fingerprints of decedents for use by a firm that creates jewelry from them. The last paragraph piqued my interest by saying that accepting commissions for the sale of the jewelry to...

We have a case where the decedent’s next of kin is physically incapable of signing the forms needed to execute arrangements. She has a person with power of attorney to help her. Can the person with POA sign or should we just move on to the...

A decedent used a PO box for a mailing address. Can this be entered as the address on the death certificate?

I’ve been contacted by our area medical examiner and law enforcement about disinterring the remains of an unidentified body. Law enforcement is seeking a court order for the disinterment. Do they also need a disinterment permit to remove...

A woman is coming in to make arrangements for her spouse, who died recently. She is deaf and communicates through sign language. Can I charge her for hiring an American Sign Language interpreter to assist during our meeting?