Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 45:7-65.4

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
It shall be unlawful for a funeral director to place the remains of more than one deceased person or stillborn infant in a coffin, casket, or other container for the purpose of interment, unless other written directions have been given by the decedent or a court of competent jurisdiction, or the relative or relatives of the decedent in the following order:

(1) Surviving spouse;

(2) A majority of surviving children of the decedent or the surviving child if one;

(3) The surviving parent or parents of the decedent;

(4) A majority of the brothers and sisters of the decedent if no child or parent is living; or

(5) Other next of kin according to the degree of consanguinity.

L.1979, c. 201, s. 1, eff. Sept. 20, 1979.

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