Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Oregon

Legally no but morrally yes. As a matter of law, the decedent's estate is liable for the debts of the decedent that remained at death or arose therefrom. The decedent's creditiors get paid first, before anything is is distributed to heirs and divisees. The the estate does not have sufficient money and property to pay off the debts, the creditors ar left holding the bag (and, of course, there would be nothing left to distribute to heirs and divisees, regardless of what a will might otherwise say).

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