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Are the next of kin responsible for medical debt?
Not on a personal level. Typically the estate is responsible for paying the debts, including the medical bills. If an next-of-kin co-signed any paperwork regarding the medical bills, they may be held liable.
How can you apply for a hardship for medical bills?
You can write a letter to the hospital explaining your hardship and the hospital may offer you financial assistance. There are also charities that offer financial assistance for people who have problems paying their medical bills.
Estate responsible for sister's medical bills?
Yes, the sister's estate is responsible for paying the debts, including the medical bills of the deceased. If a relative has co-signed any paperwork regarding medical procedures, they may be held liable. If they hope to inherit a house, they may have to pay the bills to avoid the house being sold to pay the debts.
Does a husband have to pay his deceased wife's medical bills in the state of Michigan?
Her estate has to pay the bills. And since he will be inheriting the estate, he will be paying the bills either directly or indirectly.
What do you do when the noncustodial parent has stopped paying third-party medical insurance premium for their child?
It depends upon how the court order is worded. If the non-custodial parent is responsible for health insurance for the child, then you would need to go back to court. If he is responsible for paying the medical bills, then you would send him the bills. In any case, he remains on the hook for the child's medical bills.
Are the children responsible for the debts of a parent that has passed away?
Typically the estate is responsible for paying the debts, including the medical bills of the deceased. If a child has co-signed any paperwork regarding medical procedures, they may be held liable. If they hope to inherit a house, they may have to pay the bills to avoid the house being sold to pay the debts.
In Arkansas must adult children pay deceased parent's medical bills out of parent's payable on death accounts if probated portion of estate is inadequate to cover the medical bills?
Arkansas, like most states, look at a number of factors involved. Typically the estate is responsible for paying the debts, including the medical bills of the deceased. If a child has co-signed any paperwork regarding medical procedures, they may be held liable. If they hope to inherit a house, they may have to pay the bills to avoid the house being sold to pay the debts.
Why if I am paying monthly payments on medical bills are they on my credit report?
If the bills were overdue and you are making payments as the result of being 'dunned,' and the bills are not yet paid in full, it will reflect on your credit report.
Letter seeking financial assistance for medical bills?
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Debt of deceased parent in Wisconsin?
The states are pretty consistant on this. There are a number of factors to be considered. Typically the estate is responsible for paying the debts, including the medical bills of the deceased. If a child has co-signed any paperwork regarding medical procedures, they may be held liable. If the children expect to inherit a house, they may have to pay the bills to avoid the house being sold to pay the debts.
Are sons who are trustees of mom's 5 year old living trust responsible for credit card and medical bills after our mother's death?
Unless there has been mis-management of the trust, there should be no personal liability. Typically the estate is responsible for paying the debts, including the medical bills of the deceased. If a child has co-signed any paperwork regarding medical procedures, they may be held liable. If they hope to inherit a house, they may have to pay the bills to avoid the house being sold to pay the debts.
What are adult children responsible for paying from a deceased parent with no Will or estate but multiple medical bills?
Probably not. The estate may be used to pay bills but the children should have no personal liabilities.
