In the event that a deceased individual is willfully cremated, a common p'sak I have heard many times is that the relatives do not sit Shiva as one normally does for the deceased. In particular, practices like having a minyan in the house are not followed, but other expressions of grief are allowed (aninus is in the lev). Conversely, if we find out after the fact that a relative died (drowned at sea or died in the wilderness, for instance) one would presumably engage in the normative processes of mourning.
What is the source for this differentiation in the halachos of mourning for those who chose cremation?
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