No; however, Medicaid may file a lien on the parents' property and/or an estate claim.
They still owe the money to the estate. The executor may offset their inheritance by that amount.
No
Inheritance.
no
Assuming there is no other surviving parent, it will be divided among the children and issue of any predeceased children. The eldest son does not inherit to the exclusion of the other children.
Sometimes. It depends on how well you know the stepmother.
Morally and ethically yes, but not legally.
Yes, and very often to extremes.
If there is no will, the law normally splits the estate between the spouse and the natural children.
They are not personally responsible. The estate has the responsibility to resolve the debts. If the assets are not adequate to resolve them, they have to be written off.
If your parent dies and there is no will, there is a legal order of inheritance. The surviving spouse is next in line, then the children.
When someone dies in CA the relatives of that person are NOT responsible for the debts owed by that person. The credit cards and loans would like you to think you owe the money, but you don't.