Cremains — Lost in Transportation

While I was supervising my law school’s Elder Protection Clinic, we had several matters arising out of disputes over the bodies of loved ones.  Suffice it to say that each matter was “unique.”  I even had an on-call expert, an attorney who decided to have a sub-specialty in the law of burying (or not burying) a body.  

The Washington Post offers an interesting story about cremains — the ashes from cremation of an elderly woman in North Dakota  — that went missing in the journey to the survivor.  The son’s efforts to get answers, apologies, or “more,” are documented well in Amy Wong”s piece “His Mother’s Ashes Were Lost in the Mail. In his Search, He’s Found only Frustration — and Fury.”