mortuary law
quasi-property is
"sort of" property
under the no-property theory, the dead human body was controlled by the
church
final disposition has occurred when the body is
i. autopsied ii. cremated iii. buried iv. entombed II, III, and IV
a state board may revoke a funeral director's license when
i. it receives a written complaint about him/her ii. the fuenral director fails to respond to the board concerning a complaint iii. the board has met and reached a decision to revoke iv. a court has convicted the funeral director of a felony II, III, IV
possession of which of the following makes a funeral home a bailee? the decedent's
i. money ii. body iii. clothes iv. jewelry I, III, IV
a funeral director's regular wages will NOT contain which of the following
i. vacation pay ii. attendance bonuses iii. expenses iv. profit sharing I, III, IV
a surviving spouse may avoid the effect of beign written out of a will by invoking the
inheritance statute
the condition of an estate of a deceased person which is unable to pay the debts of the decedent is referred to as being
insolvent
a bequest is
a gift of personal property by will
when the physical possession of a dead body lies with a funeral director but another funeral director has authority to control the final disposition, the first funeral director has
actual custody
the relationship a trade embalmer has with a funeral home is that of
an independent contractor
the person having the right to controll the funeral may exclude from the funeral
anyone he/she chooses
with respect to a will, the administrator is the person who is
appointed by the court
persons who are cosanguineous
are related by birth
when the beneficiary of an insurance policy wishes to use the proceeds of that poicy to pay a funeral bill, he/she may give the policy to the funeral director and sign an
assignment
a dead human body used for anatomical study is a
cadaver
an addition to or modification of a will is a
codicil
the major source of mortuary law is
common law
a dead human body is
corpse
when a funeral director takes possession of a dead human body he/she becomes a
custodian
the law states that every person has a right to a
decent burial
funerla homes are sunject to the wage and hour division which is part of the
department of labor
a person receiving a gift of real estate in a will is
divisee
a probate court is concerned with
estates
funeral homes are subject to the FLSA. FLSA stands for
fair labor standards act
under the magnuson-moss warranty act, a funeral home
guarantee the structural soundness of its caskets
a will written entirely by the testator in his/her own hand is
holographic
by signing an arrangement form, the next of kin and a funeral director have entered into
i. a bilateral contract ii. an unenforceable contract iii. a valid contract iv. an express contract I, III, IV
the removal of a beard without the permission of the next of kin could constitute
i. a tort ii. a crime iii. an estoppel iv. a mutilation I and IV
dead human remains are sometiems referred to as
i. corpses ii. cremains iii. cadavers iv. dead bodies I, III, and IV
the wage and hour division will look at which factors to determine whether or not an embalmer is an independent contractor
i. does the embalmer provide his/her own isntruments ii. does the embalmer perfoerm embalming for competing funeral homes iii. may the embalmer set his/her work schedule iv. does the embalmer fulfill the standards to be classified as a professional I, II, III
embalming is a form of
i. sanitation ii. preservation iii. mutilation iv. disposition I, II, III`
with respect to a will, the testator is the person who is
making a will
antoher name for autopsy is
necropsy
a replevinmay be used to reqcuire a dead body...
never
in the united states, the property theory regarding dead human bodies is
never used
a funeral home's family car is considered a
private carrier
the filing and proving of the will following death is
probate
the equal pay act prevents funeral home from pay discrimination based on
sex
the right to control disposition normally belongs to the
surviving spouse
a person who dies leaving a valid will is said to die
testate
a test for reasonableness of a funeral bill would NOT include
the fneral home's overhead
embalming without permission may be actionable as a
tort
when a testator orally states a will to a witness, the will is
unenforceable
those drivers in a funeral procession who are not under the direct control of the funeral home are
volunteer drivers
a medical examiner or coroner may order a post mortem examination
whenever he or she decides to
a written disposition of property which will take effect at the death of the author is a
will
a person receiving a gift of personal property in a will is
a legatee
a gift of personal property in a will is
i. an inheritance ii. a legacy iii. a bequest iv. a devise I, II, III
funeral homes must supply reasonable accommodations on the job to qualified individuals with a disability due to requirements mandated by the
ADA
