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| - If there was a zero symbol, it would be with Angels Cremation and Burial. I have a patient that had her partner passed away. They were a gay couple, married for 8 years in the state of California, had all their paperwork- will and making her partner executor of her estate,, for she had NO living family.
They came to Arizona to receive medical treatment and had all the paperwork on hand in case her partner should pass. The partner called Angels Cremation and Burial (recommended by Hospice) and made plans to pick up the body . After the body was in the possession of Angels Cremation and Burial she was told that her legal paper work would not be honored because she was not a family member and that Arizona does not recognize their rights, despite having the appropriate legal paperwork.
Angels Cremation and Burial told her this AFTER they took her body, and took her body knowing they were a gay couple.
She was told by the director of Angel's Cremation and Burials that she would have to wait 15 days (the max aloud by law before the body becomes a health hazard and MUST dispose of) AND PAY the storage fee to see if any family member would claim her body!
THERE WAS NO LIVING FAMILY- THUS THE LEGAL PAPERWORK...Apparently, directors of funeral homes are able to use their "discretion" in determining things like this- such as if they are going to honor legal paperwork, hold a body and how and when a body should be disposed of.
In this case, the "discretion" of the director of Angels Cremation and Burial was to hold the body and to charge her partner daily for 15 days until by law they'd have to dispose of it. Angels Cremation and Burial told the surviving partner that they contacted the State of Arizona Board of Funeral Directors and were that the state agreed with them and that they should hold the body despite having the paperwork.
When the surviving partner called the AZ State Board of Funeral Directors, he was outraged because he never spoke to the director of Angels Cremation and Burial. Angels Cremation and Burial flat out lied to this woman!
Thankfully, after contacting another mortuary, they came and picked up the body immediately from Angels Cremation and Burial and dealt with the situation appropriately.
Angels Cremation and Burial has NO compassion, NO respect and feel that they can do what they please because the family members are in grief. I hope with this review, that nobody else will have to go through such stress.
This is not a gay or straight issue. It is a dignity and respect issue. It is disgusting that Angels Cremation and Burial would use a couple's sexuality against them in order to make a buck. The women also contacted Hospice and they will not be referring them again. Don't let the name of their business fool you. Angels Cremation and Burial stands for the lowest of the low.
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