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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 45, PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

    Chapter 7:

      Section: 45:7-65.4: Placement of remains in coffin, casket or other container of more than one deceased person; exception

           It shall be unlawful for a funeral director to place the remains of more than one deceased person or stillborn infant in a coffin, casket, or other container for the purpose of interment, unless other written directions have been given by the decedent or a court of competent jurisdiction, or the relative or relatives of the decedent in the following order:

(1) Surviving spouse;

(2) A majority of surviving children of the decedent or the surviving child if one;

(3) The surviving parent or parents of the decedent;

(4) A majority of the brothers and sisters of the decedent if no child or parent is living; or

(5) Other next of kin according to the degree of consanguinity.

L.1979, c. 201, s. 1, eff. Sept. 20, 1979.



This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2012-09-26 13:37:54.






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