Can a cemetery make you re-purchase your plot after 100 years?

Question

OK, so I am certain I know the answer to this, but somebody told me that after 100 years, you have to re-purchase any used cemetery plots or they will remove the remains and resell the plot to somebody else. They claim Forest Lawn told them this. Does anybody have any input on this?

Answer 1

In the U.S., rights in burial plots are perpetual. The relatives of the deceased have a perpetual right to visit and maintain a grave and headstone and to sue to prevent desecration, neglect, or removal of the body. These rights persist even if the property where the grave is located is sold, provided the grave site is dedicated as such or is in an area dedicated as a cemetery. It's possible to abandon a grave and lose these rights, although courts don't always agree on what constitutes abandonment. Some states have changed these rules by statute, permitting easier abandonment of cemeteries. Nevertheless, there is no fixed end to these rights. You can find a detailed exploration of American burial law in Richard Cunningham's Archeology, Relics, and the Law (1999).

Answer 2

It depends on what the contract was when the plot was first purchased. Among other things, in many cases you're not purchasing the plot itself but the *use* of it, which is a different kind of contract. If the original purchase said 'permanent' or doesn't specify a duration this might be interpreted as meaning 99 years - the maximum duration of many contracts. In such a case the original purchase can be said to be expired and re-purchase might be needed. If the contract says 'in perpetuity' that means forever.

Answer 3

they figure after 100 years anyone you know or anyone who ever cared about you are dead, forgot where your grave was or forgot who you were. There is a cemetary in my town with graves over one hundred years old, it's a fairly abandoned cemetary but I think the city keeps it because of it's historic value. Alot of the people who died were in the mid 1800's. I thought it was interesting. I also noticed a lot of indigents are buried there so perhaps that's another reason they keep it around. I think the big commercial cemetaries probably need the land so they won't have cemetaries popping up like wal-marts. Just my opinion, nothing here based on facts.

Answer 4

Allot of human beings did not call children that lived in common words some days. If slightly one became nonetheless born the moms and dads hardly picked a acceptance. some children were born to early and lived on a couple of minutes or at the same time as a lot as 3 days. some human beings were afraid to call children that lived a short time. They felt it should be harder to stay with out them in the journey that they were named. some human beings held onto customs of no longer giving the baby a acceptance for most motives. human beings had allot of different motives for no longer naming children about one hundred years in the past. Superstitions and customs in accordance to their beliefs does no longer call an infant or older infant. yet an additional reason as to why some children don't have names is because if the mother dies in baby-beginning and the baby also dies. Husbands left the call choosing upto the moms. And that's yet an additional reason children do no longer have names at the same time as they're buried highly in the journey that they in common words lived some days. i got here upon this link very exciting and may grant you with an answer for your question. Naming toddlers in early New England. Alot of this leads decrease back to customs and superstitions.

Answer 5

that's probably right
in Sydney, Australia we running out of places to put our dead people and i think you'll find the land is only leased not owned but i don't think they would bother removing the remains just the headstone and bury on top of it

Answer 6

if after 100 years they try to evict me ill just tell them that the check is in the mail.

Answer 7

from what I have heard yes.. because no one in that family exist anymore.. as far as knowing them so they sell it... for new dead ppl

Answer 8

Different cemetaries have different policies.

Answer 9

No, when you bought the cemetary land, it is yours, and your heirs.

Answer 10

That is crazy .