A person can't dictate how their body should be buried - Appeal Court judge

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Kojopanin 4 weeks ago

Travesty of Justice
How can ones Will for Estate be granted But not How can be buried? Where come the separation of the two? The will for Estate, burial are all the wishes of the deceased. How can ones wishes on Estate be g ...
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Travesty of Justice
How can ones Will for Estate be granted But not How can be buried? Where come the separation of the two? The will for Estate, burial are all the wishes of the deceased. How can ones wishes on Estate be granted but Not burial ? It doesn't make sense and if one wish can be taken away then the others can be flouted.
FRANKIE 4 weeks ago

A lawyer mentioned this sometime ago but I didn't think much about it. This is a learning curve.

A lawyer mentioned this sometime ago but I didn't think much about it. This is a learning curve.
Kweku Tsin 4 weeks ago

This Kurasinii judge is only limited to his traditions. There is nothing legal about this. A dead body does not belong to anybody but may be God who gave us life. Only in Africa where people use these nonsense positions to ha ...
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This Kurasinii judge is only limited to his traditions. There is nothing legal about this. A dead body does not belong to anybody but may be God who gave us life. Only in Africa where people use these nonsense positions to have dominion to cheat and create chaos over properties. The legal key word is next of kin, and that could be your spouse if married or immediate relative. In other countries people plan and provide for their own funeral before their deaths. They buy their burial plots. They decide who can, and cannot speak or be invited to their funeral and they put it in the hands of a trusted family member to see it through. THIS ABUSUA PANIN NONSENSE ONLY HAPPENS IN AFRICA.
Solo Pobee 3 weeks ago

Where come the 'Kurasinii Judge' in this write-up? We are all learning by visiting this site. He is telling us what the law says and you're confusing it with traditional practice.

Where come the 'Kurasinii Judge' in this write-up? We are all learning by visiting this site. He is telling us what the law says and you're confusing it with traditional practice.
Doobia 3 weeks ago

You addressed judge as kurasini for mentioning abuasua panyin yet you are dragging us to the west where we dont belong. Some Ghanaians are very funny

You addressed judge as kurasini for mentioning abuasua panyin yet you are dragging us to the west where we dont belong. Some Ghanaians are very funny
Chris 3 weeks ago

These our laws. This may not necessarily happen in all traditional areas. Superstition all over.

These our laws. This may not necessarily happen in all traditional areas. Superstition all over.
Doobia 3 weeks ago

Law at times may not make sense but may still be logic.

Law at times may not make sense but may still be logic.
Charlie 4 weeks ago

With all respect Mr Justice I find this very worrying, there are some very old / outdated burial practices in Ghana which need changing; an example is not allowing some family members to be laid in state, buried in secret loc ...
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With all respect Mr Justice I find this very worrying, there are some very old / outdated burial practices in Ghana which need changing; an example is not allowing some family members to be laid in state, buried in secret locations, immediate / nuclear family excluded from the burial arrangements and some bodies actually mutilated. This is the 21st century and we need to align some outdated practices with civilization. Why can't an individual dictate how they wish to be buried / cremated etc and at chosen location ? People's wishes should be respected if a will is left .
Gee Wizz 4 weeks ago

It's not prudent for people like you to comment about everything on social media!

It's not prudent for people like you to comment about everything on social media!
Kweku Tsin 4 weeks ago

You are an idiot.

You are an idiot.

Loose talker 3 weeks ago

Kweku Tsin or whatever useless name you call yourself, you're a bloody useless fool

Kweku Tsin or whatever useless name you call yourself, you're a bloody useless fool
Kweku 3 weeks ago

Exactly.An illiterate telling a judge about the law.You can say that you didn’t know and learn not to argue about something you know nothing about.

Exactly.An illiterate telling a judge about the law.You can say that you didn’t know and learn not to argue about something you know nothing about.
Gyasi 4 weeks ago

How about if the dead wishes to be buried in a Golden coffin stated in the wiil but not with sufficient funds????

How about if the dead wishes to be buried in a Golden coffin stated in the wiil but not with sufficient funds????
Kweku Tsin 4 weeks ago

I watched the funerals of former president George Bush the first and Senator McCain from Arizona. Although they had a state burials their wishes were followed: from the speakers at their funerals to their favorite musical gro ...
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I watched the funerals of former president George Bush the first and Senator McCain from Arizona. Although they had a state burials their wishes were followed: from the speakers at their funerals to their favorite musical group playing, and where to be buried.. George Bush wanted, and had a train ride from Houston to College Station, slowing down at every town blowing the train whistle at lined up well-wishers to say good bye.. If you have money, and you don't plan these things your wishes will be subject to someone's interpretation.
Kweku Tsin 4 weeks ago

This Kurasinii judge is only limited to his traditions. There is nothing legal about this. A dead body does not belong to anybody, but may be God who gave us life. Only in Africa where people use these nonsense positions to h ...
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This Kurasinii judge is only limited to his traditions. There is nothing legal about this. A dead body does not belong to anybody, but may be God who gave us life. Only in Africa where people use these nonsense positions to have dominion to cheat and create chaos over properties. The legal key word is next of kin, and that could be your spouse if married or immediate relative. In other countries people plan and provide for their own funral before their deaths. They buy their burial plots. They decide who can, and cannot speak or be invited to their funeral and they put it in the hands of a trusted family member to see it through. THIS ABUSUA PANIN NONSENSE ONLY HAPPENS IN AFRICA.
Wise Man. 4 weeks ago

This is stupidity.

This is stupidity.
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Kwasi 4 weeks ago

The practice is outdated. Maybe if the deceased is not well endowed for the wishes to be carried through, then spouse, children and family can team up and bury the dead. Presently, most funerals are funded by the spouse and c ...
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The practice is outdated. Maybe if the deceased is not well endowed for the wishes to be carried through, then spouse, children and family can team up and bury the dead. Presently, most funerals are funded by the spouse and children, where lies in the dead bodies belonging to the family with the Abusupayin in charge. He who pays the piper afterall calls the tune.
Ibrahim 4 weeks ago

Stupid comment.so if I become a Christian and my family is Muslim, are you saying that because my family is Muslim, I should be buried as such against my religious values and will. What if the family wants a gran event and I ...
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Stupid comment.so if I become a Christian and my family is Muslim, are you saying that because my family is Muslim, I should be buried as such against my religious values and will. What if the family wants a gran event and I have asked for a private less expensive burial? This nonsense you wrote will create issues. What should be done is to factor in the will of the dead, the immediate family and the extended family for a win for all parties. please hon. judge, kindly go and study what happens in other societies. You are stuck in your old ways and I certainly don't want my children to be laboured with unnecessary costs. Funerals are expensive these days and extended family contribution among some.tribes is very low.
Kay 3 weeks ago

From where I come from they don't even contribute anything. When my dad passed on I borne 90+% of all the expense because I'm the first son according that stupid tradition. The useless and stupid abusiapanyin wanted to sabota ...
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From where I come from they don't even contribute anything. When my dad passed on I borne 90+% of all the expense because I'm the first son according that stupid tradition. The useless and stupid abusiapanyin wanted to sabotage the funeral because I did not succumbed to his stupidity. I stood my grounds, got a funeral home to handle everything nicely and afterwards broke ties with that wicked and primitive family. How would you leave your destiny in the hands of such people to determine how your funeral should be organised?

Baffour 3 weeks ago

What nonsense.

What nonsense.
Yaw 3 weeks ago

Absolute rubbish! If I die and my children want to give me a befitting burial according to my wishes you say an idiot who calls himself Abusuapanin must decide even if his plans goes against my wishes and that of my lively ch ...
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Absolute rubbish! If I die and my children want to give me a befitting burial according to my wishes you say an idiot who calls himself Abusuapanin must decide even if his plans goes against my wishes and that of my lively children who are considered my core family. We are in 2025 wai!
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Agbotamayize 3 weeks ago

If a******le rules a case everybody knows.

If a******le rules a case everybody knows.
Oooooooo 3 weeks ago

Hmmmm 3y3 as3m oooooo. Some judges and lawyers attempting to explain interprete the law without quoting a legal source or authority but insisting that is the law, hmmm the students from the arts college. The man quoted ezekie ...
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Hmmmm 3y3 as3m oooooo. Some judges and lawyers attempting to explain interprete the law without quoting a legal source or authority but insisting that is the law, hmmm the students from the arts college. The man quoted ezekiel 38:1 to support will and believe if he knows of any law on how bodies are to burried he would have quoted it. HMMMM THESE STUDENTS OF ARTS COLLEGE AND CONFUSION. Leraned friends who do not quote laws to buttress their interpretations. Intellectual impairment
JULOR CAESAR 3 weeks ago

Different traditions in Ghana have different burial requirements, and one tradition can't be used to determine or interpret the law regarding how funerals are to be carried out. Furthermore, wills are recognized by courts in ...
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Different traditions in Ghana have different burial requirements, and one tradition can't be used to determine or interpret the law regarding how funerals are to be carried out. Furthermore, wills are recognized by courts in Ghana. A person can therefore stipulate in their will how they wish to be buried, and that should be respected as long as the will is deemed valid. A family can't claim a body that never belonged to that family but that a a property of the deceased. The advice to all is that one needs to have a valid will stipulating funeral directions in order to avoid so-called 'family' taking control of the body and feuding about funeral arrangements.
Wow 3 weeks ago

Why don’t the law mandates that the family foot the funeral bills since they own the body?
This is certainly an illiterate judge who does not know that there’s something called power of attorney a legal document which g ...
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Why don’t the law mandates that the family foot the funeral bills since they own the body?
This is certainly an illiterate judge who does not know that there’s something called power of attorney a legal document which gives a dead person the right to appoint anyone of his choosing to fully execute his or her burial the way they wanted it while they were alive.
These are the judges who create undue pressure and stress for the deceased loved ones such as spouses and children
Citizen8 3 weeks ago

Is this coming from an Appeal Court Judge and a member of the Assemblies of God Church? God have mercy on us.

Is this coming from an Appeal Court Judge and a member of the Assemblies of God Church? God have mercy on us.
I'm Akan and Mossi 3 weeks ago

I've decided that when I pass away they should Bury me like a a Mossi Christian. Period

I've decided that when I pass away they should Bury me like a a Mossi Christian. Period
Reason 3 weeks ago

I would write my will such that if any of my burial wishes are ignored, my entire estate goes to a cause I know goes against the family. Fair is only fair. Clearly the family that does not did not care about the deceased, so ...
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I would write my will such that if any of my burial wishes are ignored, my entire estate goes to a cause I know goes against the family. Fair is only fair. Clearly the family that does not did not care about the deceased, so why not ensure they never benefit from your estate?

Kwame Peter 3 weeks ago

It appears some of you come from traditional areas where there are no abusuapanin,it is just family head for your information,just get a will and leave the rest to God,some of you think insults can cure your mental deficiency ...
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It appears some of you come from traditional areas where there are no abusuapanin,it is just family head for your information,just get a will and leave the rest to God,some of you think insults can cure your mental deficiency challenges.
That is ghana for you 3 weeks ago

THIS FOOLISH LAW WILL BE CHANGED SOON TO CONFORM TO INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE AND GOOD PRACTICES.
How can my body be a property of my family when I have the right to put in place what should pertain after my death.
What happen ...
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THIS FOOLISH LAW WILL BE CHANGED SOON TO CONFORM TO INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE AND GOOD PRACTICES.
How can my body be a property of my family when I have the right to put in place what should pertain after my death.
What happend to power of attorney and long lasting attorneys etc etc
Paa Kwesi in the Bronx 3 weeks ago

Abusuapenin has no right when the couple is legally married under western law (US, canada and Europe).
In regards to the body of the deceased spouse, who has the legal authority to organise the funerals. The legal authority ...
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Abusuapenin has no right when the couple is legally married under western law (US, canada and Europe).
In regards to the body of the deceased spouse, who has the legal authority to organise the funerals. The legal authority to organize funerals for a deceased spouse typically lies with the surviving spouse. However, this right can be waived or depend on specific circumstances. In some cases, designated agents can be appointed to control the disposition of the body, especially if there are no surviving family members or if the surviving spouse has not exercised their rights promptly. The right to control the burial or cremation of the deceased spouse is not absolute and can be subject to legal proceedings if there is a dispute. It is crucial for individuals to have clear directives in place regarding their wishes for the funeral and burial arrangements to avoid potential conflicts within the family.
Ozymandias 3 weeks ago

If the Abusuapanin’s second name is TUPAC, will this judge allow his funeral/ body be handled by such a person?

If the Abusuapanin’s second name is TUPAC, will this judge allow his funeral/ body be handled by such a person?
Mensa 3 weeks ago

Confusion nie!

Confusion nie!
Kay 3 weeks ago

So if the family head decides the body be buried without a casket then that supercedes the wish of the dead. Absolute nonsense. Honestly this piece of information attest to the fact that our laws need to be reviewed to confor ...
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So if the family head decides the body be buried without a casket then that supercedes the wish of the dead. Absolute nonsense. Honestly this piece of information attest to the fact that our laws need to be reviewed to conform to the days we live in. Our traditions does not promote development. The youth must define their own destiny alive or dead. If the dead body belongs to the family then let the family bear the cost of the funeral, why should the children bear the cost? Absolute balderdash.
Kro 3 weeks ago

How about of the deceased, while alive, broke away from the Abusua since he or she found it a useless one not worth being part of? In the event of death, will that rejected abusuapanin have a say?
This law needs to be cha ...
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How about of the deceased, while alive, broke away from the Abusua since he or she found it a useless one not worth being part of? In the event of death, will that rejected abusuapanin have a say?
This law needs to be changed. Look at how commentors are raw with rage over this power of Abusuapanin
Short angel 3 weeks ago

Dead men don't talk

Dead men don't talk
Dee 3 weeks ago

The law is an ass, don't let insults replace the mental deficiency or in some cases here, mental illness of some of the contributors here. It is what it is, the properties are covered by your will, but the way the body will b ...
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The law is an ass, don't let insults replace the mental deficiency or in some cases here, mental illness of some of the contributors here. It is what it is, the properties are covered by your will, but the way the body will be disposed of is the responsibility of the family head. We are Africans, we ve already outsourced our brains to the peach people, and that is why. To avoid this, just get the family head involved in the preparation of the burial plans.. Period.. I thank you

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