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Are adult children responsible for burial expenses of an unmarried parent?
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∙ 12y ago
If you made the funeral arrangements or otherwise contracted for them, then yes. Otherwise, you are not responsible. However, if you stand to inherit from the estate, creditors can take assets from the estate before they are passed along to you.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 7y agoNot the debts, because they died with her father if the estate can not meet them (unless the debts were in joint names).
But, unless she decides not to arrange any sort of funeral and not to get involved at all, she may have to pay to have her dad buried.
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∙ 14y agoIf the children of the deceased are unable or unwilling to pay for the funeral then the state will pay for an indigent burial.
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∙ 11y agoNot necessarily but the oldest surviving child is, de facto, the Principal Mourner. He or she follows the casket into the church.
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∙ 12y agoNo, children are not legally obligated to pay for a parents funeral.
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