Only if they signed an agreement promising to do so. Admittance forms into a hospital, medical facility, nursing home, for medical procedures and so forth are not considered financial agreements to pay costs incurred unless they state otherwise, if so, the presenter must inform the signer of the obligations attached.
Parents shouldn't be responsible for adult children.
If the child is over age 18, then the parent is not responsible for the child's medical bills. The child is legally responsible for anything that the insurance policy did not pay.
Probably not. The estate may be used to pay bills but the children should have no personal liabilities.
Contact a lawyer. The estate would be, but most likely not the children. To make sure call a lawyer.
The estate is responsible for the medical debts. The exception would be if the children were the insurance holder or co-signed the medical agreement.
you are not responsible for your parents debts.
yes definitely!
No.
Probably not. They might be in some circumstances, such as if the adult children were developmentally disabled, but where the adult children live is not really a factor.
A parent can get the medical records of an adult child if the adult child gives express permission.
Normally there is a will, stating who will inherit the house. Whoever inherits the house will be responsible for it. If there is no will, the courts will decide.
Generally, a parent's estate is responsible, the children are not--even when the children are not broke--, unless the children have committed themselves to pay for the obligation in some other way.