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KS HB2403
Bill
Status
3/6/2025
Primary Sponsor
Federal and State Affairs
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AI Summary
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Amends K.S.A. 65-1734 to establish a tiebreaker when surviving parents cannot agree on disposition of a decedent's remains within 60 days of death
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Gives the mother first priority for 30 days to order final disposition; if she does not act within that period, the father receives priority
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Allows an incarcerated parent to authorize final disposition by signing a notarized statement
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Maintains the existing priority order for remains disposition: health care agent, spouse, adult children, parents, next of kin, guardian, personal representative, then public officials for indigents
Legislative Description
Establishing the order of priority of a decedent's surviving parents who cannot agree on the disposition of such decedent's remains.
Last Action
House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
3/6/2025