Common Misconceptions

Recently we were asked to provide a fact check for a speaker who was preparing to share the story of her husband's home funeral. Here are the primary misconceptions around family death-care rights that we expected she might encounter:

• “The 24 Hour Rule”
• “You have to hire a funeral home/ mortuary.”
• “You have to hire a funeral home to transport a body after death.” OR “You need a transportation permit to bring a deceased loved one home for after-deathcare, from their place of death.”
• “A Home Funeral takes place in the home and is only for certain kinds of people.”

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