12/03/2015

Scott Gilligan Law Quiz

Digital Director answer of the week!

C. Funeral directors should treat same-sex spouses in the same manner as they treat any other surviving spouse.  If someone questions whether a surviving spouse of a heterosexual marriage was truly married to the decedent, the funeral home typically asks for a marriage certificate as proof.  The same would hold true with a same-sex marriage.  However, in cases where no one has questioned whether the marriage took place, you should take the same-sex surviving spouse’s word that the couple was lawfully married.