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icemeister
Joined 2012
Posts: 267

Cremation Authorization

9 years ago

The Dia de los Disfuntos got us discussing what we plan to do about death, or specifically, after our death.

We have decided to be creamated, so in researching the requirements, I found in Ecuador there's an authorization application form for cremation which requires the requester to be "of the first level of consanguinity" to the deceased and two relatives must sign the form.

The first problem I see is this sounds like the spouse cannot request cremation.

The second question I would have is what then constitutes a "relative".

The final issue for me is must all of these people me physically present for this?

Anybody have some facts to add to this?

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