Are You Legally Required To Publish an Obituary?
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In 2020, I lost my birth father, my great-aunt, and my grandfather. While I was part of the obituary writing and publishing process for my grandfather, I was not for my birth father or great-aunt, and try as I may, I’ve not been able to find an obituary for either.
While searching for the obituaries of my birth father and great-aunt, I discovered several other family members who’d passed away with no public record of their death and it made me start to question the rumors I’d heard for years that there was a legal obligation for the next of kin to share a public death notice. Apparently not.