The legal guardian of my father refuses to honor his end of life wishes to be buried and plans to cremate him, stating that she plans to put something in place so that none of the siblings can contest her decision. Her reason? Says no one would attend his funeral anyway and it's cheaper to cremate. She mentioned before that she's not planning to return to handle the arrangements when the time comes and the nursing home can take care of it! I told her he deserves dignity and respect and to honor his wishes but my plea was ignored. Unfortunately, the pre-planned funeral document he completed wasn't signed. I have a copy and plan to ask him to initial and date it so it can be provided to the nursing home. My concern is since she's his legal guardian, can she overrule his honorary wishes and proceed with cremating him? Her behavior about this is cold and callous, and we're no longer in contact. It makes me ill.
PS to father's funeral wishes...
I forgot to add that he has plenty of funds in his estate to cover the cost of his funeral expenses, and that's what my father initially intended, but the guardian doesn't want to use it for burial expenses. However, the court approves paying her attorney's fees and reimbursing her for travel expenses from his estate, as is part of the guardianship ruling. I understand that's part of the court's decision, but refusing to honor his funeral wishes is deplorable!
