Removing Shoes of the Mourner When Not Going to the Cemetery
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Question
A mourner who does not enter the cemetery for his father's burial, can he return home with shoes after the eulogies?
Answer
He is permitted to wear leather shoes until he is informed that the deceased has been buried, at which point he must remove the leather shoes.
Source
The Shach writes in Siman 375, Subparagraph 1, that sons who leave their father and do not accompany him until burial do not begin the seven-day mourning until they are informed that the deceased has been buried, as he is buried in a nearby city.
Therefore, since an onen does not remove his shoes, these sons also do not remove their shoes until they are informed that the deceased has been buried.