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I have a living will. I am asking to be cremated. What if they dont.?
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I have a living will. I am asking to be cremated. What if they dont.?



    




waynebudd
A living will is not a legally binding document - just a statement about your wishes. The advantage, medically, is that if you are being kept alive only because of life support machines and whomever is responsible for making final decisions about you decides to 'let you go', the presiding doctor will be much more accepting seeing your living will agrees with your choices.


Ann Coulter's Nemesis
Sue them.


beachboy6819
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what you can do to insure that this gets carried out is to have a lawyer or someone that is binded by law to carry this out.


Big C
Like the saying goes, "Dead men don't tell." So if they do not cremate you, are you going to ask for a refund?


Da
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They will.


ChshreCat
Funerals are for the living, not the dead. They can throw me out in the brush for the coyotes for all I care.


bumpb4
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WHAT WOULD YOU CARE YOU WILL BE DEAD I PERSONALLY GAVE MY BODY TO SCIENCE AND HAVE ANYONE REMOVE ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE USE-FULL TO HELP FUTURE GENERATIONS, THE REST OF WHAT'S LEFT THEY CAN PUT IT ANYWHERE IN ARLINGTON CEMETERY WHERE I WILL BECOME PART OF THE LANDSCAPE WITH SOME KIND OF INSCRIPTION SAYING THAT I REALLY EXISTED IN THIS EARTH FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
CUBAN GURU, US ARMY, HUAH! ♀


crossndunk
i think that they would be breaking some law then


thejaundiced_eye
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You will resurrect from your crypt, visiting each of your relatives in the middle of the night where you will visit a most unpleasant and gruesome death upon them. Thats how I would deal with that.


Sterling403
don't worry about it, you won't know.


Anubis
You will neither know or care.


jack w
You won't care.


Donovan G
They have to. If not, someone in your family might be able to sue whoever didn't.


paul y
gee thats a really tough one...hmmmm i guess you better have a good executor of your will with the authority to see that your final wishes are carried out.
if you are dead there is not much you can do about this but your power of attorney could be in effect in case you are unable to carry out the final disposition of your body.
i think i will be cremated. that way i would know that i would be buried alive. that would be weird...


wise_ole_sage
Let's just say...it won't bother you in the least! You won't know it one way or another.


jacquie
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Living wills are crap. My grandmothers was not worth the paper it was wrote on. It won't matter any how, you'll be dead.


sigi01de
Don't worry, kremation is one, if not, the cheapest way of funeral, therefore they will do it!


rocketgirl
You'll never know if they don't cremate you. Choose someone that truly is trustworthy and make sure (through an attorney) that your living will is the way you want it and make sure all your wishes are specifically addressed in writing.


FrazzledMom
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Why wouldn't they anyway? It's cheaper than a burial!!!


A living will tells what you want to happen if you can no longer make your own decisions...like a power of attorney (turn off breathing machienes, do not recussitate, etc...)

But if you are dead...it fits in this catergory.....they have the decision making power.....


eolhc860
you wont know, and if u do its coz ull have unfinished busness of haunting them down for not listenin...


colbydog43
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Please tell your family your wishes alot so they dont do the funeral thing I have let my family know I dont want to waste money on a funeral, just have a party at our house with all the money saved , funeral homes make too much money off of us and we need to make a change on that to a different thing , flowers are also a big waste of money when you can donate to a party or family


unknown
what????????????????


Kodoku Josei
You'll never know, will you?





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