INPCRP-L Archives

Archiver > INPCRP > 2001-06 > 0991664128


From: Ned Coleman <>
Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Re: Cemetery Restoration Work Causes Damage
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 09:22:46 -0500
References: <a0.15497b42.2849b43f@aol.com>
In-Reply-To: <000b01c0eb90$83add740$c93077d8@pavilion>


At 11:19 AM 6/2/2001 -0700, Sue Silver wrote:
>Katie,
>
>California Revenue and Taxation Code regulations state that as long as there
>are bodies in the ground, a cemetery is "active."
>
>My two cents also...
>
>Maybe it's time to ask for some consistency in terms and definitions from
>all our states. Legal definitions that make sense...
>
>Sue Silver
>CA

Texas case law holds that no recent burials and neglected graves do not
establish abandonment. As long as the buried "awaken sacred memories in
the living" no abandonment can occur. I guess that's the trouble with us
foreigners commenting on Indiana cemetery terminology, one word can mean
many different things to different people and state to state there are
obviously many varying contexts that affect how these words are used. Glad
to broaden my horizons!

Ned Coleman
Austin, Texas

This thread: