Cemetery Litigation

Are you and your relatives unhappy on how your passed beloved ones' remains are being handled? Have your deceased relatives' remains been dug-up? Have their head markers been disturbed, or have burial vaults broke? The cemetery owner is responsible for protection and property up-keep.

Contact our Litigation Attorneys in Florida at The Law Firm of Greenspoon & Marder, to resolve your Florida Cemetery Civil Litigation problems.

Common Cemetery Litigation Allegations Included:

• Sold burial plots with insufficient space
• Sold the same plots to more than one family
• Desecrated graves
• Disinterred and improper disposal of bodies

Florida Statues - 704.08 Cemetery:
Right of ingress and egress for visiting or maintenance. The relatives and descendants of any person buried in a cemetery shall have an easement for ingress and egress for the purpose of visiting the cemetery at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner.

The owner of the land may designate the easement. If the cemetery is abandoned or otherwise not being maintained, such relatives and descendants may request the owner to provide for reasonable maintenance of the cemetery, and, if the owner refuses or fails to maintain the cemetery, the relatives and descendants shall have the right to maintain the cemetery.