How much freedom do you have on your own property? The Connecticut Supreme Court is hearing a case on whether someone can be buried on private land.
Depending on how the court rules, an 82-year-old woman may have to exhume the remains of her husband, who passed away eight years ago.
According to the Associated Press, Elise Piquet was in a bind in 2004. Her husband just passed away and the cemeteries in Chester, a small town in Middlesex County, were full. She instead had her husband buried on her 11-acre property.
It was after her husband died that the problems began. The Associated Press said the town’s zoning board issued a cease and desist letter because there was no local law permitting a burial on one’s property. She refused to comply.
