Section 700.3209 - Funeral establishment not civilly liable. - Michigan Statutes

ESTATES AND PROTECTED INDIVIDUALS CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 386 of 1998

700.3209 Funeral establishment not civilly liable.

Sec. 3209.

(1) A funeral establishment is not required to file a petition under section 3207 and is not civilly liable for not doing so.

(2) The order of priority determined under section 3206(2) and (3) may be relied upon by a funeral establishment. A funeral establishment is not a guarantor that a person exercising the rights and powers under section 3206(1) has the legal authority to do so. A funeral establishment does not have the responsibility to contact or independently investigate the existence of relatives of the deceased, but may rely on information provided by family members of the deceased.

(3) A funeral establishment, holder of a license to practice mortuary science issued by this state, cemetery, crematory, or an officer or employee of a funeral establishment, holder of a license to practice mortuary science issued by this state, cemetery, or crematory may rely on the terms of sections 3206 and 3207 and this section and the instructions of a person described in section 3206(2) to (8), or of an individual determined in an action under section 3208 to be the party to exercise the rights and powers under section 3206(1), regarding funeral arrangements and the handling, disposition, or disinterment of a body and is not civilly liable to any person for the reliance if the reliance was in good faith.

History: Add. 2006, Act 299, Imd. Eff. July 20, 2006
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