True.
2yrs ago, we lost our little nephew, he was 10 yrs old, to a brain tumor. My brother was divorced from the mother already. They lived separately but the boy lived with the mom.
Anyways, during the funeral, we (my brother and our family) conducted the funeral, all out. the mom, did help pay for some of the funeral expenses, out of her own good heart as a mother. But it was also her own choice, not to say too much about how the funeral should be conducted. We did invite her to join in on funeral meetings because we are not an old fashioned family, she just chose not to attend some of the meetings.
IMO, shes the mom....if she wants to say something, let her say it....this isnt Laos anymore nor is it the slavery age...geeez some of u people, u claim to be modern but youre really not....