Tunka
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I am sorry for your loss and my condolences to you and your family.As long as you or any family member has not co-signed on any of her debts the creditors will have to just eat that debt, as far as their constant harrasment you may want to provide them with a copy of the death certificate or mark the correspondence deceased return to sender and that may get most of them off your back . |
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Nancy Kay
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Let me first extend condolences for your family's loss. Unless a family member co-signed on her debts or signed any agreement with a hospital or medical provider to pay her expenses, only your late grandmother is liable for her debts out of her estate...since there was no estate, her creditors are out of luck...they cannot make relatives pay. |
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dancingfool229
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You shouldn't have any legal responsibilities if there is no estate to sell to pay the bills. We still get phone calls for my dead uncle who has been dead almost 10 years, it's crazy. |
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Kimberly H
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Send the creditors a copy of her death certificate, if there is no estate, you have no obligation, morally, or legally to pay any bills. |
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D S
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As far as I know, if she has passed, you should have no responsiblity to her bills...you might want to check with a lawyer or someone who would know more about this. |
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Outside the box
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You are NOT legally responsible for any of grandmas debts, just write deceased on the bills and have them returned to sender. |
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justcurious
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There isn't a legal obligation, it's just a matter if you want tp preserve her name. Most Grandmas felt their credit and name were important. Also, Depends on the kind of debt. For instance if it was your spouse and you knew that you had benefited from the charges on a credit card(like going out to dinner). Just contact the companies and let them know she is deceased. Another option is to send the mail back and mark on it return to sender deceased. |
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CHUCK
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You have no responsibility at all!!!! Any attorney will tell you that over the phone.. Send the bills back!! |
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roy40372
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once you paid for the funeral you are not responsible for any more of her bills. you can not be held responsible for your relatives after their death. if they leave any money or property then that should be used to pay her bills as far as it will go after that the bills do not have to be paid. |
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tinamaries43
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You have no responsibility. They are professionals at harassment, just hang up on them. |
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sngozig
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my mom passed away and they forwarded some of her bills to me but never sent another and it's been over a year now. I wouldn't worry about it. her bills go when she goes in my opinion |
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mytwodogs60463
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Your not responsible for her bills. When my dad died I thought the same thing but I found out your not responsible for any bills that they had. Take the mass cards and enclose them with the bill showing she has past on. I did that and they never bothered me again because I showed them the proof they needed. |
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luckylindy0
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You are not responsible in any way for your grandmothers bills and don't let them try to tell you that you are. Just explain to them what happened and there is NO money. They just write it off. Don't worry about it. When my Parents passed away they had many bills and no money, me and my sibblings were not responsible for their debt in any way. Some comps. may call several times but just keep telling them and eventually they will stop. |
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torskie
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You have no responsibility for her bills other that to be sure her executor pays with her assets. If she was broke, the creditor should get a note or a copy of death certificate. |
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bud13kv
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don't send them a dime. let them collect from your grandmother. |
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J Somethingorother
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As each bill arrives, contact the billing company and explain what you've just said above. They have internal ways of verifying that no estate exists and will save everybody's money by writing off the balances that insurance won't pay and close their books.
Relatives are not liable unless they inherited something of value that could in turn be used to pay the debt. Once they verify that no estate existed, they write the debt off their books. |
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just me
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Would they go after any remaining social security benefits? I don't think they can go after anyone except maybe a spouse. |
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too funny
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I would explain the situation to them and tell them flat out-I'm not paying for someone else's bills. Maybe not that bluntly, of course, but holding you and the rest of your family resposible for someone elses bills is bulls*it. |
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mbrcatz
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NONE. YOu have NO obligation to pay anything. Debt is NOT inheritable.
Now, that's not going to stop sleezy bill collectors from trying to nag/guilt you into paying, but legally, they can't. Just say, ok, see ya in court, if they call, and mark the bills "deceased - return to sender". |
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miamac49616
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When my husband passed away he had bills from before we were married. That meant I was not legally responsible for them. All you have to do is send these creditors a copy of the death certificate. Unless she had an executor of estate they can not come after anyone in the family for the money. |
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Phil O' Brien
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You have no legal responsibility as her grandson. Ignore the bills. You have no obligation to send a death certificate, you have no obligation to notify them that she died, you have no obligation to give them the time of day.
They'll figure it out sooner or later. |
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tjnstlouismo
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See a lawyer but I think her creditors are just up a creek. Sorry for your loss. |
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Mr. Right
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For the balance of what?
Give the creditors a fake address and phone number. If they keep calling or writing, just hang up or throw the letters away. You don't owe anyone anything! |
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The Advocate
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Unless there are some assets, any of you would be fool of the year to quality as personal representative, executor, executrix.
Do not file anything, pretend you never knew her. The creditors will come if you look like you might collect something and pay the debts. Aunts and Cousins tend not to be interested in zero balances, so you need to bail out, before you get played for a fool.
Put the court on notice, it goes something like this in a small newspaper ad, "I, named so and so, am only responsible for debts of my own." |
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