Funeral matters: wishes, rights and documents

Next steps

Which funeral-document task needs preparation?

Funeral wishes: prepare a family-disagreement dossier
Connect dated wishes, relationship evidence, the disputed funeral choice and the specific decision needed.
Cemetery concession: beneficiaries and renewal record
Reconcile the founder, burial entitlement, term, expiry and municipal response before preparing a concession renewal.
Neglected grave: notices and reclamation dossier
Reconcile grave condition, burial history, maintenance evidence, notices and the actual reclamation or withdrawal decision.
Family exhumation: standing, consent and transfer dossier
Connect the requester’s standing, family position, identified remains, destination and permissions for the proposed exhumation.
Cremation and ashes: permission and destination dossier
Connect wishes, medical documents, cremation authority, urn custody and the chosen ashes destination as separate steps.
International body transport: itinerary and permissions
Map origin, transit, destination, coffin closure and each authority permission before an international funeral transfer.
Death abroad: prepare the civil-status registration
Reconcile the foreign death act, identity records, nationality and receiving-authority route before requesting registration.
Funeral operator: prepare the activity permission dossier
Map the actual services, establishments, responsible roles, qualifications and equipment before checking the operating framework.
Dangerous grave monument: safety and work-evidence dossier
Connect the monument’s condition, ownership, safety notice, requested measures and actual work or cost records.
Body donation: consent, withdrawal and return record
Compare the receiving programme, personal consent, contact role, acceptance limits and actual provisions for remains or ashes.

Frequent questions

What other questions arise in this file?

Expiry, abandonment or a dangerous monument?

The conditions differ. Retain the title, findings and actual decision for the measure; insufficient maintenance does not establish every other funeral or safety procedure.

What matters in an international transport file?

Connect origin, transit and destination to separate permissions. France’s R2213-22 transport competence must not be mistaken for the decision authorising coffin closure itself.

Which framework applies to “Funeral matters: wishes, rights and documents”?

The English pages separate France and Switzerland. Select the country, authority and relevant period; a Swiss cantonal example does not establish a French requirement or one rule for every canton.

How can Julie continue “Funeral matters: wishes, rights and documents”?

Choose the page matching the document, then retain facts, versions and the question in the preparation. Julie can help research references and prepare the next document; the record itself grants no permission.

Sources

Which official references should you consult?

Funeral disagreementwww.service-public.gouv.fr
Ville de Genève : guide des proches en deuil et texte communal reproduitwww.geneve.ch
Swiss Civil Code / ZGB / CC : 370, 31www.fedlex.admin.ch
Code général des collectivités territoriales : cimetières et opérations funéraires : L2223-13, L2223-14, L2223-15, L2223-15-notice, L2223-15-expirywww.legifrance.gouv.fr
Geneva LCim K1 65 : 4, 8silgeneve.ch
Geneva RCim K1 65.01 : 7, 8silgeneve.ch
Code général des collectivités territoriales : reprise des concessions : R2223-12, R2223-13, R2223-14, R2223-16, R2223-18, R2223-20, R2223-22, R2223-23www.legifrance.gouv.fr
Code général des collectivités territoriales : opérations funéraires : R2213-40, R2213-41, R2213-42www.legifrance.gouv.fr
Exhumationwww.service-public.gouv.fr
Transport of a deceased personwww.service-public.gouv.fr
Death abroadwww.service-public.gouv.fr
Geneva: announcing a death abroadwww.ge.ch
Code de la construction et de l’habitation : sécurité des immeubles : L511-3, L511-4, L511-19, L511-20, L511-10, L511-17www.legifrance.gouv.fr
Université de Berne : don du corpswww.anatomie.unibe.ch
Code de la santé publique : don du corps : R1261-1, R1261-1-reference, R1261-1-restitution, R1261-10www.legifrance.gouv.fr
Donation of body to sciencewww.service-public.gouv.fr
University of Geneva body-donation programme brochurewww.unige.ch

Texts cited last checked: 3 November 2026