Family wants to transport body.

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Has anyone ever came across this? The family is wanting to transport the body like two hours away in the back of their car. They already have a body bag and everything. Just really odd to me.

l.m...what a wonderful gift you gave your father and yourself...amazing.

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Specializes in NICU, Post-partum.
Has anyone ever came across this? The family is wanting to transport the body like two hours away in the back of their car. They already have a body bag and everything. Just really odd to me.

I would call a local funeral home and see if it is legal for them to do that.

There may be issues with temperature control, etc.

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Specializes in Skilled Nursing/Rehab.

l.m. - Your post brought tears to my eyes. What a beautiful way to see your father into his next life. Thank you for sharing your story.

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Specializes in Hospice.

in my state family can take the body, we recently had a family that was going to be doing this we just had our social work go over the legalities with them.

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