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FUNERAL LAW MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Name: Score:99 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 99
Give an example of mental anguish
Helps distribute property, voice after death, last wishes.
Telling the family about the process of cremation; commingling; just inform family of
everything that will happen
Spouse, children, estate, state or local.
Convince the family that this body is their family member.
Term 2 of 99
What are the fees that may be obtained from a funeral home, should the person making the
funeral arrangements default on payment?
Earth burial, Cremation, Entombment, Burial at sea, Anatomical Donation.
Hold the body.
Late fees, collection fees.
Eminent Domain
Term 3 of 99
Are there regulations as to who can or cannot be buried in public cemeteries? What about
private?
Heirs
No.
Yes, if controlled by religious societies/corporation
The wishes of the deceased
Adult children, Parent, Siblings, Distant kin.
,Term 4 of 99
What are the five forms of accepted methods of disposition?
Italy, Japan, Egypt, and Louisiana
Yes, the right to bury includes the right to mark the grave-subject to regulations
Wrongful withholding of body, Loss of body, Mutilation of body, Injury to invitees, Injury
to pallbearers and clergy.
Earth burial, Cremation, Entombment, Burial at sea, Anatomical Donation.
Term 5 of 99
Typically, who has preferential treatment for a claim against an estate? ( Who gets paid first)
At death
The funeral Home
Father/husband
Spouse, children, estate, state or local.
Term 6 of 99
Define the term dead body
Mixture of one persons cremains with another. A small amount is legal.
Must be human. Must be without life. Must not be entirely disintegrated.
Earth burial, Cremation, Entombment, Burial at sea, Anatomical Donation.
Request crematory records/ Interview of crematory management/ Crematory inspection
Term 7 of 99
Define Mortuary law
Bonding agreement, or exchange is not honored.
Law regarding the disposal of human remains.
The wishes of the deceased
At death
,Term 8 of 99
Briefly explain the Anatomical Gift Act.
They sit on a shelf until claimed or signed over, then after a period of time they are
disposed of
The burning of a body to reduce to ashes. "flame"
Ingress- The right to enter
Egress- The right to go out
The deceased or spouse donates the body to science.
Term 9 of 99
What are the three countries that utilize the code of napoleon?
Earth burial, Cremation, Entombment, Burial at sea, Anatomical Donation.
Per capita- Equal distribution
Per stripes- Goes to next of kin
Italy, Japan, Egypt, and Louisiana
Grief facilitator.
Term 10 of 99
What is the definition of the terms ingress and egress?
Ingress- The right to enter
Egress- The right to go out
Italy, Japan, Egypt, and Louisiana
Earth burial, Cremation, Entombment, Burial at sea, Anatomical Donation.
Supervise burial and conduct procession into the cemetery.
, Term 11 of 99
What is the meaning of commingling cremated remains? Is it legal?
Earth burial, Cremation, Entombment, Burial at sea, Anatomical Donation.
Start or add too a family. Move out of state. Get married/divorce/widowed.
Supervise burial and conduct procession into the cemetery.
Mixture of one persons cremains with another. A small amount is legal.
Term 12 of 99
In regards to the general rule of priority, as it relates to the right of disposition, beginning with
the surviving spouse, list the next of kin in order of their relation to the decedent.
The state/local government.
Adult children, Parent, Siblings, Distant kin.
Beneficiaries
Hammurabi
Term 13 of 99
What does is mean whenever the government has the power to take private property for
public use?
Cemetery
After care
Five days.
Eminent Domain
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