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Funeral and cremation law in Kentucky
Who decides, what has to wait, and what a funeral home must tell you. Every fact links to its statute. Not legal advice.
- Who can authorize a cremation
Kentucky gives the right to control a funeral, burial, cremation, and other final-disposition decisions according to a detailed statutory priority order. A person named by the decedent in a declaration comes first, followed by the surviving spouse, adult children, parents, grandchildren, siblings, and other people in the statutory order. A person who has been arrested for or charged with an offense that caused the decedent's death is disqualified from controlling disposition under the statute, subject to the statute's court procedures.
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After the funeral: settling the estate, one month at a time
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