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How do you decide where to intern a body, especially with family troubles?

I have been harassed repeatedly since my fathers death. I don't get condolences, I get demands and demeaned. I have had things from an uncle claiming I have no right to my father's estate or body (it all belongs to them) to lying about the requirements of their religion to manipulate me to change things (not only did my father no long believe in Catholicism, he was upset at times that I went to a Catholic School - because they had the program I wanted; having studied the religion in school for over a decade, something seemed wrong with their "rules," so I called up my friends like the deacon and a religious studies teacher, who all confirmed these rules actually contravened things).

I thought things had calmed down. They have but this latest thing is bringing everything up again: now family members are claiming I wanted certain dates for the internment, dates that fit their own schedules, when I have repeatedly said I don't care (I'm probably not even going because I need to keep my distance from them). I am just being used all over again.

My Dad had said he wanted to be in the family plot, but that was over a decade ago and his relationship with his family had only gotten worse. I get sick to my stomach thinking of him spending eternity with them. However, he said he wanted it and I may be prejudice because of how they are bullying me. I can't decide if I should give them his ashes or tell them to get lost and bury him elsewhere. Help!

Update:

It is worth noting that, despite how no one believes me, I got nothing from my father's estate. The lawyers demanded I have the cat removed (so I took her in) but the only things I was allowed to remove were photos, papers for administration and possessions that did not belong to him (I had stuff there, he rented things, etc.). So this cat, who the vet says is a terror because she was neglected, his ashes and some memories are all I have left of my Dad. Hell, I didn't even get condolence cards.

Update 2:

You make it sound so easy, but how do I know that's what he still wanted when six months before his death, he landed in the hospital and -despite my going against his wishes I contacted them - and no one came or even called. In fact, he is unaware that I brought up that I was overwhelmed with his care and they punished me for even saying it. He change his phone number and never gave them the new one. Does that sound like a man with the same relationship with his family?

Update 3:

Not to mention, my father also had a hard time defending himself against them but he never let anyone do anything to me. If he had heard his brother claim I shouldn't have any rights because I am not her ally his daughter, he would have put my uncle in the hospital for impuning the love of his life's fidelity and ever suggesting I was not his daughter, and slapped any family member who treated me horribly as a result. He wouldn't have let them do what they are doing now,

Update 4:

These are people who said I wasn't his daughter because they asked to bring a Priest and I replied that, while I certainly was seeing one, my father hated religion and I didn't think a prayer service over his body was what he would have wanted. They took over the funeral and held a prayer service over his body anyway.

I'm the only one who has had any consideration for what he wanted. If I didn't care, I wouldn't be stuck in this moral dilemma.

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  • 5 years ago

    Be honest. Your father is not spending eternity in a family plot. That is where the shell of his body will be kept. You are wishing to go against his family's wished because they offended you. So I think you need to try to be a bigger person and put him where he last requested, even if many years ago. You don't have to cater to his family in anything else, however. Do what is more convenient for you, and don't give his family anything your father left you. That is your right.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    I would scatter his ashes somewhere and tell my family I have no wish to see or hear from any of them again.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    inter, not intern. Two entirely different words. Get it right.

  • 5 years ago

    I suggest you contact an attorney.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    If you are the heir, you should do whatever your father would have wished.

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