In May 2024, Colorado enacted two laws that will tighten regulations on the funeral industry. The legislation comes in the wake of several incidents at funeral homes across the state in which human remains were mishandled and, in some cases, family members received fake ashes of loved ones.
The Conversation U.S. spoke with Tanya D. Marsh, a professor at Wake Forest University who teaches the nation’s only course on funeral and cemetery law, to better understand whether the new Colorado legislation will prevent future funeral home scandals.
