US EditionFamily sues a Hollywood Hills cemetery for placing mother’s headstone over wrong grave
- In April 2025, the Demirchyan family in California discovered their mother Hasmik's headstone was placed at the wrong grave at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
- This error came to light when burying Hasmik's husband Avetis beside her, and a mortician informed their son Chris that the headstone did not match the burial site.
- Hasmik's headstone was placed in plot 1, but she was actually buried in the adjacent plot 2, causing the family to mourn at the wrong spot for nearly four years.
- Chris Demirchyan expressed the family's feelings of betrayal, explaining that despite visiting regularly, leaving flowers, praying, and even setting up a festive Christmas tree, they later discovered their efforts had been directed at the wrong burial site.
- The Demirchyan family initiated legal action toward Forest Lawn, claiming emotional distress and negligence, with the goal of obtaining damages and preventing similar incidents from affecting other grieving families.
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Mother's headstone placed at wrong grave, California family learns years after burial
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — A grieving family is suing a cemetery in the Hollywood Hills after learning that the headstone honoring their late mother had been placed over the wrong burial plot for four years. The Demirchyan family said they discovered the mistake in April during the funeral of their father, Avetis Demirchyan, who was being laid to rest beside his wife, Hasmik Demirchyan, at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles. Their son, Chris Demirchy…
Family sues a Hollywood Hills cemetery for placing mother's headstone over wrong grave
A grieving family is suing a cemetery in the Hollywood Hills after learning that the headstone honoring their late mother had been placed over the wrong burial plot for four years. The Demirchyan family said they discovered the mistake in April during the funeral of their father, Avetis Demirchyan, who was being laid to rest beside his wife, Hasmik Demirchyan, at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Their son, Chris Demirchyan, said a mortician pulled him asid…
Hasmik Demirchayn’s children continue to describe her as “a perfect mother” almost four years after her death. As many immigrants do, Demirchyan gave everything to her three children and seven grandchildren at the same time as encouraging them to fight for a better life since she settled in Los Angeles in the late 1980s, during the collapse of the Soviet Union. “She was loving. She was loving. And she was hard because she expected results from u…
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