HB 610

Abstract

Cemeteries; interment rights; proof of kinship.Allows a family member or descendant of a deceased person buriedin a cemetery that is located on private property to petition thecircuit court of the county or city where the property is located for interment rights upon such property. The bill provides that suchfamily member or descendant may prove kinship to the court throughofficial documentation or nonofficial documentation, such as obituaries,family Bibles or other documents with family signatures, journalsor letters of the deceased person interred on the private property,family photographs, or other documentation deemed by the court tobe reliable. The bill requires, upon satisfactory showing of proofof kinship, a private property owner to allow such family memberor descendant access to the property for the purpose of interment.