Undertaken With Love

 Photo of Indiana state capitol by KimberlyFaye

This state's status: Indiana restricts the right of families to care for their own dead. You may want to consider becoming a home funeral advocate working to remove these restrictions, as Joyce Mitchell successfully did in Utah. A good place to start would be to contact Carol Seaman in Indiana.

Searchable Online General Statutes

Indiana Code (external link)

Resources Specific to Funeral Law

Indiana Profession Licensing Agency

State Department of Health

Please help us develop this section by emailing us with books or online sources specifically related to funeral law in Indiana.

In general, regulations promulgated by departments of health, such as required procedures in filing death certificates, must be followed by families caring for their own dead, while regulations promulgated by funeral service regulatory boards are binding only on funeral providers (but may affect home funerals indirectly to the extent that a family chooses to engage the limited services of licensed providers or in a few states is required to do so).  

Resources Specific to Home Funeral Laws

Please help us develop this section by emailing us with books or online sources specifically related to home funerals in Indiana. Since Indiana is one of the rare states that restrict the rights of families to care for their dead, we would especially welcome a document that summarizes what these restrictions are, how they came about, and what if anything is being done to remove them. 

Organizations and Individuals

Carol Seaman

Please help us develop this section by emailing us with the names of organizations and individuals that serve as noncommercial resources to families serving as their own funeral directors in Indiana. Please include contact information (phone, website, email).