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213.420 Burial of homicide victims -- Application to Circuit Court if burial refused.

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Page 1 of 1 213.420 Burial of homicide victims -- Application to Circuit Court if burial refused. (1) In the event that a homicide has been committed and the person charged with the homicide refuses to permit the burial of the body of the deceased person who was <br>the victim of his or her alleged homicide, any member of the family of the deceased, <br>either by consanguinity or affinity, may apply to the Circuit Court in the county in <br>which the body of the deceased is located for an order to release the body of the <br>deceased to the applicant for burial, cremation, or other lawful means of disposition. (2) The Circuit Court, after a hearing in the matter at which the person alleged to have committed the homicide has been afforded the opportunity to appear at the hearing <br>either in person or by counsel or both, shall, if good cause is shown for the release <br>of the body to the applicant, issue an order granting the release of the body to the <br>applicant for burial, cremation, or other lawful means of disposition. Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Created 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 75, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006.