By Texas law, we are allowed to consult only with the person legally designated to make final decisions; we are not permitted to make arrangements with friends or relatives who may be helping the family during their time of grief. Texas Health and Safety Code, Sec. 711.002, states: “…The following persons, in the order listed, have the right to control the disposition…of the decedent’s remains…: (1) the person designated in a written instrument signed by the decedent; (2) the decedent’s surviving spouse; (3) any one of the decedent’s surviving adult children; (4) either one of the decedent’s surviving parents; (5) any one of the decedent’s surviving adult siblings; or (6) any adult person in the next degree of kinship in the order named by law to inherit the estate of the decedent.”