No funeral establishment or funeral director who relies reasonably in good faith upon the instructions of a person claiming the right of disposition shall be subject to criminal or civil liability or subject to disciplinary action for carrying out the disposition of the remains in accordance with the instructions unless the funeral establishment or funeral director knew or had reason to know that the person did not have the right of disposition.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-5-708
Reasonable reliance upon instructions
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 617 F. App'x 428 - Sherry Capps v. Cremation Options, Inc. (2015)
Most recently applied in 617 F. App'x 428 - Sherry Capps v. Cremation Options, Inc. (June 2015)
Acts 2012, ch. 828, § 2.
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