Serrano v. Jimenez

Opinion

VOGEL (C. S.), P. J.

Introduction

The decedent was buried at Resurrection Cemetery by arrangement of three of her four surviving children. The fourth child subsequently petitioned the probate court for an order that decedent be disinterred from Resurrection Cemetery then reinterred at Oakwood Memorial Park, which she asserts was decedent’s wish, and for an order imposing costs and “consequential damages” upon the funeral home and other “responsible parties” for the allegedly improper burial at Resurrection Cemetery.

The probate court dismissed the petition on the ground that this dispute…