Can lack of custody affect rights to adult child's remains? | NC

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Q: Does a parent's lack of custody or visitation affect their rights to a deceased adult child's remains? A: In North Carolina, usually no. A parent’s past lack of custody or visitation does not, by itself, take away that parent’s legal right to participate in decisions about an adult child’s remains. If the adult child left valid written instructions, those instructions usually control first.…