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To the extent that any right exists, it is, in general, merely a right to possession. Id. That right exists solely “for the limited purpose of determining who shall have its custody for burial.” Sinai Temple v. Kaplan, 54 Cal.App.3d 1103, 1110, 127 Cal.Rptr. 80, 85 (1976) Californias statutory scheme reflects all of that. It decidedly does not confer a property right upon anyone. Assuming that a decedent has not made his own arrangements for disposal of his own earthly remains,FN1 the state makes sure that somebody else will both do so and pay for it. To that end, California has provided th