Initial Business Response / [redacted] (1000, 5, 2017/12/05) */ The funeral trust for Mr [redacted] 's sister was open on March 20, All funds for her funeral have been deposited with the Indiana Funeral Trust Fund (Master Choice) who manages the irrevocable funeral trust, On December 11, we were contacted by Mr [redacted] and instructed not to accept funds from the nursing homeWe contacted the nursing home and requested that all payments be stopped and we returned checks after that date that we receivedFebruary 8, Mr [redacted] contacted our office and said he would purchase additional services and merchandise from our firm and he had the payments from the nursing home started againNovember 1, Mr [redacted] again contacted our office and asked if the payments could be stoppedWe again asked the nursing home to stop payments Please note Guy & Allen does not have the authority to authorize payments for anyone front a nursing homeThat authority lies with the next-of-kin, guardian or the power-of-attorney of the individualIt was explained to Mr [redacted] that the funeral trust is irrevocable after it has been in force for daysThe trust is transferable to another funeral home of his choiceMr [redacted] needs to contact the Indiana Funeral Director's Association, (800) [redacted] to make the transfer Please note that all of this information has been made available to Mr [redacted] We acted in good faith and all funds were sent to the funeral trustWe cannot refund or make payments out of a funeral trust to family members or anyoneWe do not have access to the fundsAU funds remain in the trust until needed, if additional information is needed please contact our office
Initial Business Response / [redacted] (1000, 5, 2017/12/05) */ The funeral trust for Mr [redacted] 's sister was open on March 20, All funds for her funeral have been deposited with the Indiana Funeral Trust Fund (Master Choice) who manages the irrevocable funeral trust, On December 11, we were contacted by Mr [redacted] and instructed not to accept funds from the nursing homeWe contacted the nursing home and requested that all payments be stopped and we returned checks after that date that we receivedFebruary 8, Mr [redacted] contacted our office and said he would purchase additional services and merchandise from our firm and he had the payments from the nursing home started againNovember 1, Mr [redacted] again contacted our office and asked if the payments could be stoppedWe again asked the nursing home to stop payments Please note Guy & Allen does not have the authority to authorize payments for anyone front a nursing homeThat authority lies with the next-of-kin, guardian or the power-of-attorney of the individualIt was explained to Mr [redacted] that the funeral trust is irrevocable after it has been in force for daysThe trust is transferable to another funeral home of his choiceMr [redacted] needs to contact the Indiana Funeral Director's Association, (800) [redacted] to make the transfer Please note that all of this information has been made available to Mr [redacted] We acted in good faith and all funds were sent to the funeral trustWe cannot refund or make payments out of a funeral trust to family members or anyoneWe do not have access to the fundsAU funds remain in the trust until needed, if additional information is needed please contact our office