Once all of the deceased ills have been paid can the left over funds be distributed?
No. You are middle aged and in no need of child support. This is something your other parent should have done while you were a minor.
Once the taxes are paid and the estate closed they are done. Most of the time the court will issue the order closing the estate.
There is no requirement that the estate do so. It could be done depending on the will and the number of debts involved.
In most countries you can not do this because it is not legal to cash a check made out to a deceased person. What needs to be done is that the executor of the deceased estate must obtain from a court a grant of probate for the deceased estate and, with is legal document, write to the supplier of the check and ask them to re-issue the check in the name of the deceased heirs.
The laws of intestacy will apply. An estate can be opened and the distribution will be done according to the law. The estate will settle the debts, pay the appropriate taxes and distribute the remainder.
You are not personally responsible for them, they will be paid from her estate. It is your responsibility to see that is done.
Yes. Perhaps it helps to consider the estate of a deceased person is essentially the legal way to keep him alive until his affairs are settled. Once all that is done, the resolution of the estate is really ending his legal requirements (and I guess he can rest in peace).
If they took possession of estate assets, they can be held liable. Taking the estate through probate is done to cut off these sorts of claims.
The house would have been left subject to the loan. Either the estate has to pay off the loan or sell the house. Once that is done, then the assets can be distributed. One of the children could obtain a loan and buy the house from the estate.
It depends on what you mean about "what can be done." The survivors can mourn, the deceased can be buried, and the estate can be handled in accordance with applicable law. What are you trying to learn?
For Pennsylvania the estate has the responsibility to settle the medical bills, not the children. Once that is done, the remainder can be distributed.
If the three deceased heirs aren't mentioned then the 40 percent will be distributed to the two remaining siblings and the family of the three deceased. It is likely that the three deceased siblings had a will that will ultimately determine what needs to be done with their portion.