Practice point: A body may be disinterred on consent of the cemetery corporation, the plot’s owners, and the surviving spouse, children, and parents of the deceased, pursuant to N-PCL § 1510[e]. However, in the absence of consent, a court may grant permission to disinter upon a showing of a good and substantial reason. A petitioner's demonstration that the deceased spouse’s wish was that they be buried together, and that petitioner cannot get appropriate assurances from the plot’s other owners, is enough.
Case: Pring v. Cemetery, NY Slip Op 06840 (2d Dept. 2008)
The opinion is here.
