The Kentucky Attorney General’s Office announced that a temporary restraining order (TRO) has been issued to a Breckinridge County funeral home preventing the business from performing cremations.
Attorney General Russell Coleman announced the action by the Attorney General’s Office of Consumer Protection which resulted in an immediate order to cease cremations at Cloverport Funeral Home.
On January 2, 2024, the attorney general’s office received information that led to an investigation that revealed the facility failed to register to operate a crematory and was providing cremation services without a license, in violation of Kentucky law.
State officials also confirmed the presence of an unlicensed cremation chamber, known as a retort, at Cloverport Funeral Home.
Since April 2023, the funeral home has allegedly performed over 300 cremations, the attorney general’s office said.
The Cloverport Police Department assisted in the investigation.
The TRO prevents the unregistered crematory at Cloverport Funeral home “from harming Kentucky families further at such a difficult time of bereavement,” the attorney general’s office stated.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
