Funeral Bill of Rights are Here.

This is “The Funeral Bill of Rights” You have a right to a lower cost funeral done your way.

1. You have the right to know the prices of the Goods and Services you are paying for in advance, at any funeral home, either when you visit, or over the phone, when you call. You do not need to give them your name, address, or other information before they give you the prices you ask for when you phone them.

2. You have the right to see the casket and vault price list when you go into a funeral home and at an arrangement conference. If you are shopping for a funeral you must be shown a casket price list. While some detailed casket information may appear on the list of goods and services, usually funeral homes have a separate written list for casket prices. The funeral home will be sure that you see their most costly caskets first. Before they show you any caskets, be sure that you get a copy of the written list so that you can identify less expensive caskets that would suit your needs, and request to see them.

3. You have the right to negotiate your contract with a funeral director and funeral home.

4. You have the right to choose embalming, cremation, or direct burial. A funeral home director or agent is obligated to inform you of this right. Sometimes a funeral director or agent may ask instead just for permission to embalm your loved one when the funeral home arrives to transport the body. (See Chapter 2 of the book “Rest in Peace Insiders Tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral”)

5. You have the right to bring a casket or urn from another source (including a wholesaler or internet provider) into the funeral home, that will be used to contain the remains of your loved one for display or burial.

6. You have the right not to pay a funeral home an additional fee if you bring in a casket or urn from another source. A funeral home cannot charge you a fee for using a casket/urn from another source and you do not need to be present when it is delivered at the funeral home.

7. You have the right to have services at a different site from the funeral home you have chosen.

8. You have a right to produce the items you need for a funeral service or buy them from another source (other than the funeral home you are using for some goods or services), including: flowers, the Order of Service programs, registration/guest book, memorial folders, prayer cards, and other service related items, as well as electronic media presentations like slide shows and videos.

9. You have the right to write the obituary.

10.You have the right to your funeral service your way. You have the right not to select a “package” from a funeral home’s group of packages.

The Funeral Bill of Rights Copyright 2008 by R.Brian Burkhardt. All Rights Reserved.

Blog by Your Funeral Guy, Author, Funeral Director

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