{"id":65507,"date":"2015-08-07T18:36:20","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T01:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=65507"},"modified":"2015-08-08T10:09:59","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T17:09:59","slug":"family-seeks-donations-for-legal-battle-over-burial-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/08\/07\/family-seeks-donations-for-legal-battle-over-burial-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Family seeks donations for legal battle over burial site"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Robin<\/a>
Robin Klajic was buried at Joshua Memorial Park in Lancaster more than two years ago. Her adoptive mother, former Santa Clarita mayor and councilwoman Jill Klajic, plans to move the grave to Turlock, Calif. against the wishes of some family members.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 A plan to move the remains of a woman buried at a local cemetery is being opposed by some of the late woman\u2019s family members, and they\u2019re asking for the public\u2019s help in funding a legal battle to block the relocation.<\/p>\n

Robin Klajic<\/strong> died in January of 2013 at the age of 33, and she was buried at Joshua Memorial Park in Lancaster, according to her sister, Nicole McKenzie.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe had a 13-year-old son at the time that was sent to live with his dad,\u201d McKenzie said. \u201cWe decided it would be best to bury Robin at Joshua Memorial less than 2 miles from where her son would be living so that he could have a place to visit his mother whenever he wanted. We were trying to make this awful experience less traumatic.\u201d<\/p>\n

McKenzie said she and the boy\u2019s father, Eddie Ramirez, helped cover the cost to bury Robin. About a third of the funeral expenses were covered by Robin\u2019s adoptive mother, former Santa Clarita mayor and councilwoman Jill Klajic, McKenzie said.<\/p>\n

McKenzie said she was shocked when the funeral home contacted her recently to inform her that Jill Klajic planned to relocate Robin\u2019s remains more than four hours away to a cemetery in Turlock, Calif.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have provided me no paperwork, no court orders, nothing\u2026 just to say that Jill Klajic hired an attorney and they do not want to get into the middle of it,\u201d McKenzie said. \u201cI do not understand how she can do this\u2026 We are looking for help to stop this from happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy sister hated this woman and had a restraining order against her when she died,\u201d McKenzie claimed. She forwarded this document<\/a> to The AV Times<\/em> to prove her claim.<\/p>\n

Contacted by telephone, Jill Klajic gave her side of the story.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m the only mother [Robin] has ever had. I raised her from the time she was 2 years old,\u201d Jill Klajic said. \u201cNicole [McKenzie] is a half-sister to Robin and Robin had very little to do with her until the last couple years of her life.\u201d<\/p>\n

During those years Robin was living in Burbank and she was addicted to prescription drugs, Jill Klajic said. Robin also reconnected with her biological mother, whom Jill claims supplied Robin with drugs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was the mother from hell\u2026 her mother would go from doctor to doctor and get her the drugs that she needed,\u201d Jill Klajic said. \u201cThe detective that investigated Robin\u2019s death told me that she died from neglect\u2026 they were feeding her pills up until she died, she choked to death.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the weeks before her untimely passing, Robin reached out to her with a cry for help, Jill Klajic said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a phone message; it said, \u2018Mom, I want to come home,\u2019\u201d Jill Klajic said, adding that she desperately tried to reach Robin, but could not get through. She said she was absolutely devastated when Robin passed away Jan. 23, 2013. Jill Klajic directed The AV Times<\/em> to a memorial page she created for Robin and a letter she wrote honoring her \u201csweet funny young daughter\u2019s life.\u201d Read it here<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jill Klajic denied being served with a restraining order concerning Robin Klajic. She said their relationship had become strained as she tried to get Robin off drugs, and Robin had threatened a restraining order but the document was never served.<\/p>\n

Jill Klajic remains adamant about her plans to relocate Robin\u2019s grave and says she expects it to be done \u201csometime this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m 69 years old; I want my daughter with me in Turlock,\u201d Jill Klajic said. \u201cI never intended to leave her in Lancaster. She hated Lancaster.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robin\u2019s son, now 15, can visit his mother\u2019s grave in Turlock whenever he wants, Jill Klajic said. She said she would transport the boy herself if that is what it required.<\/p>\n

The boy\u2019s father, Eddie Ramirez, is hoping for a compromise.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tried talking to Jill, telling her, \u2018Can you hold on for three more years?\u2019\u201d Ramirez said. \u201cLeave Robin in Lancaster until my son turns 18 and goes off to college or the military. But Jill doesn\u2019t want to wait, she wants her now. And that\u2019s why she got an attorney involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robin\u2019s son is shattered at the prospect of losing his mother all over again, according to McKenzie. Family and friends are reaching out to the public for help.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am requesting help in hiring an attorney to explore Robin\u2019s son\u2019s legal rights as well as to stop Joshua Memorial from exhuming Robin\u2019s body until her son is 18 and can decide what he wants to do,\u201d McKenzie said. \u201cHe should not have to deal with such trauma on top of what he has already had to go through at such a crucial time in his developing teenage years. This could emotionally scar him forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Residents wishing to assist the family in this effort should contact Nicole McKenzie at jjmgirl@hotmail.com.<\/p>\n

A representative from Joshua Memorial Park on Friday said the funeral home would not comment on the matter in order to respect the privacy of all parties involved.<\/p>\n

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