Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5205 – Payment of burial expenses for state wards
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5205
- Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 1001
- Ward: means a person for whom the department has been duly appointed guardian under Title 18?C, Article 5, Part 7. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5001
The department shall pay burial expenses for persons who died while wards of the department as defined in section 5001, subsection 7, and who have no known survivors. The department may first apply to the cost of burial any funds that are available as part of a mortuary trust or any other funds of the ward remaining at the time of the ward’s death that are available for this purpose. [PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. K, §51 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1989, c. 117 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 410, §CCC32 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 560, §K51 (AMD).