In re the Estate of Neville

Taylor, S.

There is presented the very interesting question of whether the guardian of an infant may be permitted to pay the father’s funeral expenses out of the infant’s property. There is a dearth of direct authority. It appears that the infant’s mother died sometime since and that the infant is the sole distributee of the father whose burial expenses give rise to this application. The father left no estate whatever and the only property which the infant owns is the proceeds of a life insurance policy of $1,000 upon the father’s life. The infant is eighteen years of age and although not of…