Taxation & Estate Planning

Disposition of Remains Designation

By Christopher L. Miller

The death of a friend or family member is a difficult event in one’s life. There is much planning that must take place to provide for a funeral and for the disposition of remains. It occurs often that surviving friends and relatives squabble over what the Decedent’s last wishes were with regard to funeral arrangements and final disposition. This has been particularly burdensome in situations where the Decedent’s closest friend, caregiver, or same-sex partner believes that it is their right to make arrangements for their departed loved-one, but the law recognizes that only certain family members have this right.

The New York Legislature addressed this particular problem by (more…)

Full post as published by Res Publicae - The New York Estates Blog on March 15, 2008 (boomark / email).