Indiana § 23-14-59-2 Duties of owner upon wrongful burial

Indiana Statutes

§ 23-14-59-2 — Duties of owner upon wrongful burial

Indiana·Title 23 BUSINESS AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS·Art. 14 CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS·Ch. 59 Potential Liability of Cemetery Owner

When a wrongful burial, entombment, inurnment, disinterment, disentombment, or disinurnment referred to in section 1(1), 1(2), 1(4), or 1(5) of this chapter occurs, the cemetery owner shall:

(1)at the expense of the cemetery owner, correct the wrongful burial, entombment, inurnment, disinterment, disentombment, or disinurnment as soon as practical after becoming aware of the error; and

(2)notify:

(A)the spouse, if living, of the deceased person whose remains were wrongfully buried, entombed, inurned, disinterred, disentombed, or disinurned, or whose outer burial container was wrongfully placed;

(B)the parents, if living, of a deceased minor child whose remains were wrongfully buried, entombed, inurned, disinterred, disentombed, or disinurned, or whose outer burial container was wrongfu

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When a wrongful burial, entombment,
inurnment, disinterment, disentombment, or disinurnment referred to
in section 1(1), 1(2), 1(4), or 1(5) of this chapter occurs, the cemetery
owner shall:
(1) at the expense of the cemetery owner, correct the wrongful
burial, entombment, inurnment, disinterment, disentombment, or
disinurnment as soon as practical after becoming aware of the
error; and
(2) notify:
(A) the spouse, if living, of the deceased person whose remains
were wrongfully buried, entombed, inurned, disinterred,
disentombed, or disinurned, or whose outer burial container
was wrongfully placed;
(B) the parents, if living, of a deceased minor child whose
remains were wrongfully buried, entombed, inurned,
disinterred, disentombed, or disinurned, or whose outer burial
container was wrongfully placed;
(C) the person or persons whose marker, monument, memorial,
foundation, or base was wrongfully placed; or
(D) the person or persons who authorized the original burial,
entombment, inurnment, disinterment, disentombment, or
disinurnment;
of the occurrence.