Philly wants funeral homes to help with tangled titles

Philadelphia City Council on Thursday is expected to pass a bill backers hope will help people avoid the headache and expense of resolving a tangled title by enlisting funeral service providers as educators in the process.

The measure requires funeral homes, crematoriums, cemeteries, and other businesses required to supply survivors with a city-generated guide to transferring a property from a deceased owner to an heir through a legal process called probate.

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