California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Salomon v. Halley-Olsen-Murphy Funerals & Cremations, B281408 (Cal. App. 2019):
The right to control the disposition of remains, although "'not in the full proprietary sense "owning" the body of the deceased, [are] property rights in the body which will be protected.'" (Christensen v. Superior Court (1991) 54 Cal.3d 868, 890.)
b. Safe harbor protections for funeral directors and cemetery authorities
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