Hicks v. Stehl

Petitioner, Vuna Jacquelin Hicks, filed a petition seeking the disinterment of the body of her late husband, LaVerne G. Hicks, from its present resting place and reinterment in another cemetery. Named as respondents in the petition were Sharon Stehl, Nancy Lohse, Brenda Bowers, Joyce Redding, and Roslyn Hicks, all adult children of the decedent from a prior marriage, and Mildred Hicks, the decedent’s aunt and owner of the grave-site lot where decedent had been buried. Following a hearing, the trial court granted the petition. The respondents, with the exception of Mildred Hicks, appeal.

The…