A grieving mum is unable to claim her daughter’s ashes because her violent ex-boyfriend signed for their collection.Boo! Hiss!
She has spent the past four years being told her daughter’s ashes will remain at Adam & Greenwood Funeral Home in Billericay, Essex, despite Chloe having her daughter’s birth and death certificates.
“I’ve been on the phone to them [Adam & Greenwood] every day saying I want her home with me,”
Chloe said. “All they keep saying is he [Bluestar-Hill] needs to sign for it.
“He [Bluestar-Hill] hasn’t even bothered to call up and say he wants her ashes.”Is he a monster? Oh, undoubtedly!
Chloe, who lives in Dagenham, suffered daily black eyes at the hands of her ex-boyfriend and was also beaten regularly with belts.But if that's the whole story....why is there an injunction against her?
An injunction prevents her from directly or indirectly contacting Bluestar-Hill – who pleaded guilty to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and two charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm – so even when he is released she would not be able to collect the ashes from him.Very curious. You'd think the local paper might want to do some journalism, wouldn't you?
But you'd be wrong.
2 comments:
We already had one case where the ashes of a child were being held by a funeral director who was unable to release them because a person in prison was refusing to cooperate.
The solicitor Marilyn Stowe, exasperated, put her firm's time and money in to getting the correct release form authorized - the one which dispenses with permission of the thug.
You'd have to check with her, but I'm pretty sure that Adam & Greenwood are talking tosh when they say there is nothing they can do. They could at least advise of the options for obtaining the release of ashes.
"When a child dies, usually both parents have an equal right to apply for a ‘Grant of letters of Administration’ from the Probate Court. Any dispute over how remains are dealt with can then be heard as part of that application. The Court will then take all the circumstances into account and will attempt to make sure that the body is disposed of with all proper respect and decency required, with as little delay as possible.
The deceased Administrator or Personal Representative – as appointed by the Probate Court – will have the right to determine how and where the remains of a deceased person should be disposed, even if family members disagree."
http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2015/11/29/rest-in-peace-burial-of-a-childs-remains-when-there-is-a-dispute/
The court would presumably be disposed to quickly grant authority to the mother to get the decent placing of ashes carried out. There is nothing to be gained by the delay; it is just a question of giving the funeral directors the authority to release the remains so that they cannot be sued by Mr Hill.
"The solicitor Marilyn Stowe, exasperated, put her firm's time and money in to getting the correct release form authorized - the one which dispenses with permission of the thug. "
You pay peanuts, you get monkeys. Maybe it's the same with funeral directors?
"They could at least advise of the options for obtaining the release of ashes. "
Maybe they have, but it's not what she wants to hear, being more work that whinging to the local paper?
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