Divestiture-Related Activities (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Divestiture-Related Activities [Abstract]

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]

Divestiture-Related Activities

As divestitures occur in the normal course of business, gains or losses on the sale of such locations are recognized in the income statement line item (Losses) gains on divestitures and impairment charges, net, which consist of the following for the three months ended March 31, :

	Three Months Ended
	March 31
	2014			2013
(Losses) gains on divestitures, net	$	1,927		$	(891	)
Impairment losses	(4,739		)	(78		)
	$	(2,812	)	$	(969	)

Assets Held for Sale

In connection with the acquisition of Stewart, we have agreed to a consent order with the staff of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that identifies certain properties the FTC will require us to divest as a result of the acquisition. The consent order has been approved by the FTC commissioners. As a result, these properties have been classified as assets held for sale in our condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Net assets held for sale at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were as follows:

	March 31		December 31
	2014		2013
	(In thousands)
Current assets	$	5,740	$	4,569
Preneed funeral and cemetery receivables and trust investments	346,690		342,728
Cemetery property	103,391		83,115
Property and equipment, net	82,631		63,356
Goodwill	127,138		140,860
Deferred charges and other assets	22,954		32,989
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	112,197		83,426
Total assets	$	800,741	$	751,043
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	4,850		3,183
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery revenues and deferred receipts held in trusts	387,620		349,449
Care trusts' corpus	112,197		83,426
Other long term liabilities	4,606		4,209
Total liabilities	509,273		440,267
Net assets held for sale	$	291,468	$	310,776