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Cemetery traditional access route statute interpreted

A statute prohibiting landowners from blocking access to cemeteries located on their property does not apply to other landowners whose property only has a “traditional access route” to the cemetery. Background A 59-acre parcel of land contains a 47-acre parcel that is the Wintergreen Family Cemetery, which the Harris and Coleman families have used for more than ...