Legislative Updates
Supreme Court Wades Into Funeral Protests
WASHINGTON ? The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the father of a fallen Marine can collect damages from a...
Read moreDetailsDomestic Partners Gain Funeral Rights
The Rhode Island General Assembly voted last month to override the veto by Gov. Donald Carcieri ?65 of a bill...
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Hearing: The Bereaved Consumer’s Bill of Rights Act of 2010
WASHINGTON, DC ?? "In early July 2009, horrific allegations and disturbing media images shocked the nation as news about the...
Read moreDetailsZoning Officials Let Business Discharge Embalming Fluid
Is this a problem where your funeral home is located? Are you allowed to dispose of embalming chemicals and bodily...
Read moreDetailsNFDA, CANA & NFD&MA Reach Historic Agreement to Lobby Congress Together in 2010
On November 18, 2009, representatives of the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA), the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) and...
Read moreDetailsNFDA, CANA & NFD&MA Reach Historic Agreement to Lobby Congress Together in 2010
On November 18, 2009, representatives of the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA), the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) and...
Read moreDetailsDOD Working with States to Resolve Disposition Issue
The Department of Defense (DOD) is asking states to consider amending their laws on the disposition of human remains to...
Read moreDetailsFuneral Director Sentenced in Body Parts Case
A funeral director, who had been based in Belleville, was sentenced Monday in Newark to four years probation for his...
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Former Pleasant Hill Cemetery Association Treasurer Gets 7 Years
The former treasurer for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery Association in Chester was sentenced to state prison Friday for stealing more...
Read moreDetailsChicago SCI Cemetery Operating Without Business License?
It has been six years since Toni Gonnigan's oldest brother, Jerome, died. Since her brother's burial at Oak Woods Cemetery,...
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