Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in California

Financial responsibility of children of elderly

My question is this: When a parent passes away, and leaves behind unpaid bills, does the responsibility of those unpaid bills belong to any children the person may have. Also, there is no estate at all. Just living on SSI month to month. Thank you.


Asked on 10/12/05, 1:18 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Joel Selik www.SelikLaw.com

Re: Financial responsibility of children of elderly

If you received no assets from the estate, then you are not responsible for those bills.

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Answered on 10/12/05, 9:42 am


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