Rights to Cemetery Property in Ontario
Questions about who controls a cemetery plot, especially when it has been in a family for generations, often arise during estate administration. In Ontario, the answer lies not in ownership of land, but in the interment rights associated with a cemetery lot. Interment rights grant the holder the authority to bury human remains in a […]
Who Owns a Dead Body?
It is one of the most sensitive legal questions that arises after a death: who actually controls a deceased person’s body? Families often assume that the next of kin “owns” the body or that a person’s written burial wishes must be followed. In fact, Canadian law says otherwise. The short answer is that no one […]