Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 759 | Cemeteries
Section 759.491 | Reinterment or Disinterment of Product of Fetal Death.

Effective: September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 175 - 127th General Assembly
(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, re-interment or disinterment of the product of a fetal death buried in accordance with division (C)(2) of section 759.49 of the Revised Code is not subject to section 517.24 of the Revised Code if one or both surviving parents provide written consent for the re-interment or disinterment to the public burial ground or cemetery and comply with any ordinances passed under division (B) of section 759.49 of the Revised Code.
(B) If two surviving parents are indicated on the public burial ground's or the cemetery's burial documents for the product of a fetal death buried in accordance with division (C)(2) of section 759.49 of the Revised Code and only one has given consent under division (A) of this section, prior to re-interment or disinterment, the public burial ground or cemetery promptly shall give notice of the consent to the parent who did not give consent. The notice shall be sent by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the parent's last known address and contain a statement that the re-interment or disinterment will occur if the burial ground or cemetery does not receive written objection within thirty days from the date the notice is sent. That parent may object to the re-interment or disinterment by giving notice to the burial ground or cemetery by registered mail, return receipt requested, not later than thirty days after the burial ground's or the cemetery's notice is sent. If the burial ground or cemetery receives timely notice of the objection, the re-interment or disinterment is subject to section 517.24 of the Revised Code.
(C) The public burial ground or cemetery shall re-inter or disinter the product of a fetal death if both surviving parents provide written consent for the re-interment or disinterment or if one parent consents and the public burial ground or cemetery does not receive timely notice of an objection under division (B) of this section.

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