First, let me say that I feel fine. But I am staying in the DR permanently and some day I will croak. What are the laws, as opposed to customs? For example, my neighbors, responding to my inquiries, have explained that there is a local cemetery with concrete vaults where deceased are placed. For those not owning a vault, one may be leased for a decade or so from one or another of the families who DO own such a vault. The process is that a deceased is taken to the hospital where there is a morgue. For an extranjero, an autopsy is performed and a death certificate is issued. Then the family arranges with a funeraria to transport the body in casket to the cemetery. Or, the funeraria can transport the casketed body to a facility in Santo Domingo that performs cremations.
These are the customary processes, but are they legally required? Or can the family just pick up the body at the morgue and take it home. Could my family legally bury me without a casket in unmarked grave on my (former) property? Return me to nature without a lot of fuss? Once the official paperwork from the morgue is issued, is there any legal certification or documentation produced by a funeraria that is indispensible? Someday, we all will have such issues to face...
These are the customary processes, but are they legally required? Or can the family just pick up the body at the morgue and take it home. Could my family legally bury me without a casket in unmarked grave on my (former) property? Return me to nature without a lot of fuss? Once the official paperwork from the morgue is issued, is there any legal certification or documentation produced by a funeraria that is indispensible? Someday, we all will have such issues to face...