45:7-87. Additional requirements
6. In addition to the other requirements of this act, with respect to prepaid funeral agreements and the preneed funeral arrangements made in connection therewith:
a. If the provider is unable to provide the prepaid goods and services requested due to the revocation of the prepaid funeral agreement or funding arrangements or due to impossibility of performance, the moneys used to fund the agreement shall be paid to the purchaser, if alive, and if not, then to the personal representative of the deceased purchaser or his estate if the agreement is funded through a funeral trust or, if the agreement is funded through a funeral insurance policy, to the named beneficiaries of the policy.
b. As a condition to the performance of the agreement, the provider or an agent thereof shall deliver the prepaid funeral goods to the purchaser or personal representative of the intended funeral recipient, regardless of whether the agreement specifically provides therefor.
c. Unless the intended funeral recipient's next of kin inquires about the prepaid funeral goods and services arranged for, the provider shall be entitled to presume that the arrangements on file are those intended.
L.1993,c.147,s.6.