{"id":409,"date":"2022-11-14T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T00:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/?p=409"},"modified":"2022-10-20T17:47:28","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T17:47:28","slug":"funeral-agents-and-cremation-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/funeral-agents-and-cremation-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Funeral Agents and Cremation Services"},"content":{"rendered":"

Someone will have to make decisions about your funeral or cremation service planning in Orange Park, FL<\/a>, from where you will be buried or cremated, how your will estate be carried out, and many other important jobs. This person is usually one of your next of kin. Your next-of-kin is an immediate family member, like a husband, wife, or common-law spouse, a child, your parents, a domestic partner, or your siblings.<\/p>\n

But what happens if you don\u2019t have any next of kin? Or if you don\u2019t want your next of kin to be in charge of your will and cremation service arrangements? There are plenty of situations in which this happens. For example, people often get divorced and therefore are estranged from their ex-spouse and children. People outlive their family members. Or, in other instances, someone may not want their children to be in charge as they might argue about how to execute the cremation and estate funeral after the death<\/a> of their parents. These aren\u2019t necessarily bad situations, and there are definitely ways you can make sure your wishes are followed even if they apply to you.<\/p>\n

If these or similar situations apply to you, you can always designate a funeral agent. A funeral agent is a person designated to have legal responsibility over all the matters concerning someone else\u2019s disposition.<\/p>\n

In the funeral world, this is called the \u201cright to control.\u201d You can hire a funeral agent and give them the right to control your cremation service planning and the legal power to override the decisions of anyone else, including your children, siblings, spouse, domestic and civil partner, and parents. Funeral agents can be anyone you choose, from a friend or clergy member to a neighbor, coworkers, social worker, or extended family member. However, its best to choose someone that will outlive you and will understand and be able to handle the ins and outs of planning a cremation.<\/p>\n

\"cremation<\/p>\n

Choose and appoint your funeral agent carefully. While the laws vary from state to state, the most common process is by either adding a codicil to your will or by filling out a form. If you want to designate a funeral agent in your will or in a codicil to your will, you need to talk to a lawyer and explain your wishes. Since the executor of a will is not necessarily the funeral agent, it is important to make the wording clear and specific in your will. Have your lawyer draw up a will or amendment that makes it clear who your funeral agent will be. If you want to fill out the form, you should get the form from your local government and make sure its notarized and signed by the intended funeral recipient and two witnesses.<\/p>\n

Get in touch with us if you want to learn more about funeral agents and other aspects of preplanning for an Orange Park, FL cremation service<\/a>. After all, whether or not you appoint a funeral agent<\/a> is completely up to you, as it is a very personal choice. Call or visit us today.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Someone will have to make decisions about your funeral or cremation service planning in Orange Park, FL, from where you will be buried or cremated, how [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":410,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nFuneral Agents and Cremation Services<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The next of kin is in charge of carrying out a deceased\u2019s cremation service. What happens if you don\u2019t have close family or don\u2019t want next of kin involved?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/funeral-agents-and-cremation-services\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Funeral Agents and Cremation Services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The next of kin is in charge of carrying out a deceased\u2019s cremation service. What happens if you don\u2019t have close family or don\u2019t want next of kin involved?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/funeral-agents-and-cremation-services\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog | Schnauss North East Florida Funeral Home And Cremation Services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-14T00:00:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-20T17:47:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cremation-service-planning-in-Orange-Park-FL.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"869\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"580\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ferdie Tan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ferdie Tan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/funeral-agents-and-cremation-services\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/funeral-agents-and-cremation-services\/\",\"name\":\"Funeral Agents and Cremation Services\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-14T00:00:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-20T17:47:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/#\/schema\/person\/dc395393ec311b072df94283d593b091\"},\"description\":\"The next of kin is in charge of carrying out a deceased\u2019s cremation service. What happens if you don\u2019t have close family or don\u2019t want next of kin involved?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/funeral-agents-and-cremation-services\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/funeral-agents-and-cremation-services\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/funeral-agents-and-cremation-services\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Funeral Agents and Cremation Services\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/\",\"name\":\"Blog | Schnauss North East Florida Funeral Home And Cremation Services\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/#\/schema\/person\/dc395393ec311b072df94283d593b091\",\"name\":\"Ferdie Tan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d7e45774a0ba1c347f8924b08edd2c6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d7e45774a0ba1c347f8924b08edd2c6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ferdie Tan\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/author\/rrmseo\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Funeral Agents and Cremation Services","description":"The next of kin is in charge of carrying out a deceased\u2019s cremation service. What happens if you don\u2019t have close family or don\u2019t want next of kin involved?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/funeral-agents-and-cremation-services\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Funeral Agents and Cremation Services","og_description":"The next of kin is in charge of carrying out a deceased\u2019s cremation service. What happens if you don\u2019t have close family or don\u2019t want next of kin involved?","og_url":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/funeral-agents-and-cremation-services\/","og_site_name":"Blog | Schnauss North East Florida Funeral Home And Cremation Services","article_published_time":"2022-11-14T00:00:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-10-20T17:47:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":869,"height":580,"url":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cremation-service-planning-in-Orange-Park-FL.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ferdie Tan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ferdie Tan","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/funeral-agents-and-cremation-services\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/funeral-agents-and-cremation-services\/","name":"Funeral Agents and Cremation Services","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-11-14T00:00:29+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-20T17:47:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/#\/schema\/person\/dc395393ec311b072df94283d593b091"},"description":"The next of kin is in charge of carrying out a deceased\u2019s cremation service. What happens if you don\u2019t have close family or don\u2019t want next of kin involved?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/funeral-agents-and-cremation-services\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/funeral-agents-and-cremation-services\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/funeral-agents-and-cremation-services\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Funeral Agents and Cremation Services"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/","name":"Blog | Schnauss North East Florida Funeral Home And Cremation Services","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/#\/schema\/person\/dc395393ec311b072df94283d593b091","name":"Ferdie Tan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d7e45774a0ba1c347f8924b08edd2c6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d7e45774a0ba1c347f8924b08edd2c6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ferdie Tan"},"url":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/author\/rrmseo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":412,"href":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions\/412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.neflfuneral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}