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Your sister's debts are not part of the estate. The estate's responsibility is to pay the mother's debts and distribute the remainder. What your sister does with her share of the inheritance is up to her.

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Q: If you were left money by your mom and your sister has not paid her own debts will they be paid before she gets her money?
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