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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]you are not responsible for her credit card debt.  Also- $10,000 probably won't cover the funeral, more like 15,000.[/quote]

+1.

My BIL died with significant debt. We went through probate and submitted his checking account balance, funeral costs and a list of known creditors. Probate court published notices so creditors could put in a claim and closed out everything about 60 days after the last date to file a claim (funeral costs outweighed debt). It was very simple. [/quote]

I do want to dispel one myth - these companies will put in claims. Any company where my brother owed more than $1k did put in a claim and if there was money we were obligated to pay that claim. It’s just that the estate did not distribute assets because there was nothing left to distribute after funeral costs (ours were $4.5K in Moco, which covered cremation and transportation of the body/ashes). We held the service in our backyard because it was over Covid and paid those costs out of pocket. Be aware that if there is a gap between the funeral services and submission of the estate, you can only submit costs that occurred before the submission. In our case, since there was a gap of 5 months, we could not submit the service and internment costs (about $1K). [/quote]

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