Funeral News - Prepaid Funeral Plans Up in Smoke

The Missouri attorney general’s office Tuesday issued recommendations for those who purchased prepaid funeral plans from a now-closed Independence funeral home.

Consumers who purchased a plan from Mount Washington Forever Funeral Home will need to make new arrangements at another funeral home, according to the office.

Last week, two Kansas City area funeral homes firms, Charter Funerals and Speaks Family Legacy Chapels, offered to issue possible credits to those customers.

Anyone still paying on such plans purchased through Mount Washington Forever, the attorney general release said, “should stop making payments.”

Those holding contracts purchased through National Prearranged Services are advised to contact a court-appointed receiver in Texas overseeing the liquidation of that company. People who have been making payments since May 2008 might not have received credit for those payments.

“Unfortunately, there is little recourse for such consumers at this time,” the release read.

Information is available at 800-334-3851.

Consumers are asked to file complaints with the attorney general’s office by calling 800-392-8222.

The receiver has taken legal action to collect on money that National Prearranged Services, Mount Washington Forever and related companies failed to place into trust.

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