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If the deceased left a will, the '''executor''' named in the will is responsible for arranging the funeral and paying the funeral expenses from the deceased’s estate. | If the deceased left a will, the '''executor''' named in the will is responsible for arranging the funeral and paying the funeral expenses from the deceased’s estate. | ||
If there is no executor, the responsibility for arranging the funeral falls to the deceased’s spouse. BC law sets out a priority order if there is no spouse or they are unwilling to take on the responsibility: next is the adult children of the deceased (in age descending order), followed by the adult grandchildren, a parent of the deceased, an adult sibling, an adult nephew or niece, and so on. | If there is no executor, the responsibility for arranging the funeral falls to the deceased’s spouse. [http://www.canlii.org/en/bc/laws/stat/sbc-2004-c-35/latest/sbc-2004-c-35.html BC law sets out a priority order] if there is no spouse or they are unwilling to take on the responsibility: next is the adult children of the deceased (in age descending order), followed by the adult grandchildren, a parent of the deceased, an adult sibling, an adult nephew or niece, and so on. | ||
==Burial or cremation== | ==Burial or cremation== |
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