Section 62-5-704 - Circumstances under which rights forfeitedA person entitled under § 62-5-703 to the right of disposition shall forfeit that right, and the right shall pass on to the next person in accordance with § 62-5-703, in the following circumstances:
(1) Any person convicted of an offense described in § 39-13-202, § 39-13-210, or § 39-13-211, in connection with the decedent's death, and whose conviction or convictions are known to the funeral director; or(2) Any person who does not exercise the right of disposition within seventy-two (72) hours of notification of the decedent's death or within one hundred and sixty-eight (168) hours of the decedent's death, whichever is earlier. Acts 2012 , ch. 828, § 2.