- Form Name:
- There is no specific form in Pennsylvania.
- Where do you get the form:
- not applicable
- Default state preference funeral agent
- (1) A surviving spouse(2) The next-of-kin
- State link:
- Title 20, Chapter 3, Section 305 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Probate, Estate and Fiduciary Code http://tinyurl.com/nt5ma8
- Special Notes:
- Include instructions naming your funeral agent in your will or in your advanced medical directive. You can also write a statement authorizing someone other than your next of kin to be your funeral agent (Statement of Contrary Intent). If you sign documents donating your body for medical research when you die, that intention is legally binding and cannot be overturned by your next-of-kin.
