My mom died and my sisters won't let me go to the funeral can they do that?

Answer 1

I'm very sorry that your mother's died- please accept my sincere Sympathies. You'll have enough to cope with at the moment without having to deal with the added unpleasantness of sibling conflict as well. But to answer the question , no- they can't legally prevent you from attending the funeral of your next of kin, and it would be very difficult for them to actually physically stop you from being at the funeral ceremony or the burial / cremation (the only way they could do this would be to hire minders or security guards, who would be unlikely to be willing to be involved in such a situation). There's nothing to stop them from being unpleasant to you at the funeral, trying to humiliate you in front of other mourners, making a scene, getting abusive etc. etc., though this would reflect badly on THEM were this to happen. It all really depends upon whether you are prepared to run the risk of this possibility, and how you think you'd cope if anything like this did happen. My own recommendation would be for you to try and come to some sort of compromise agreement with them, i.e. agreeing not to attend any reception, social gathering etc. if they will just let you go along to the funeral service and the interrment.