Divestiture-Related Activities (Notes)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Divestiture-Related Activities [Abstract]

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure

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 Gains (losses) on divestitures and impairment charges, net, which consist of the following:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
	(In thousands)
Gains on divestitures, net	$	864		$	12,400		$	2,974		$	9,373
Impairment losses	(307		)	(1,636		)	(33,406		)	(5,970		)
Gains (losses) on divestitures and impairment charges, net	$	557		$	10,764		$	(30,432	)	$	3,403

We classified certain funeral homes as held-for-sale in connection with the settlement of litigation with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and recognized a $31.2 million non-cash impairment charge related to this planned divestiture, which is included in the schedule below. The carrying value of total assets held-for-sale as presented in our unaudited condensed consolidatedBalance Sheet as of September 30, 2016 is as follows (in thousands):

Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	$	1,034
Property and equipment, net	24,199
Goodwill	25,896
Deferred charges and other assets	12,960
Assets held-for-sale	64,089
Less: impairment on assets held-for-sale	(32,143		)
Assets held-for-sale, net	$	31,946