MY FATHER DIED ABOUT A YEAR AGO, HE HAD NO LIVING WILL HAD TO GET A PROBATE ATTORNEY TO TRANSFER PROPERTY INTO MY NAME. NOW THATS DONE AND IM RECEIVING MEDICAD AND HOSPITAL BILLS FROM MY PREVIOS ATTORNY DO I HAVE TO PAY THEM OR DO I NOT PAY MY DADS PAST MEDICAL BILLS?
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Any bills or debts that your father had will need to be paid out of his estate, prior to transferring the property. cash, etc. over to you. The probate attorney should had satisfied all leans, and debts first.
You need to ask the probate attorney but my guess is that if he had any life insurance or anything of great value, that money needs to be used to pay bills. Forward a copy of the death certificate to the debtors.
Normally my company (medical office) writes off debts of dead patients.
You are not responsible for your father's medical bills, unless he was on your insurance. If he wasn't then your not.
file a public notice, I so and so am not responsible for anyones debt but my own. this would clear you but any belongings in his estate would still be liable for lein.
like fish said , ask an attorney
If you got a Probate attorney, he/she should have handled this for you. I would go back to that attorney and get some advise. If his estate was Probated, there should have been notice in the newspaper for creditors to file creditors claims. They have a limited amount of time to file these claims. Talk to your attorney and make certain this was done. You should not be dealing with this issue. All claims should go through your attorney. Good luck.
Something sounds fishy about the way this was handled. Were any of his bills paid before the property was transferred? If not, things were not handled properly.
When my father died, I had to notify all his creditors of his passing and ask for statements on each bill. We didn't have enough to pay everything in full so the courts set up a percentage that could go to each creditor and we sent that along with a note that said "Paid in full". Nothing could be transferred to me until all of his debts were paid and that included the lawyer. Then anything left was mine and my brothers to split equally.
You need to go down to Probate Court and find out what your responsibilites are and show them the paperwork from the attorney before doing anything else. It doesn't sound like the attorney went through the proper procedures but then I'm only going by what you have posted here. Either way, Probate will tell you what you are responsible for.
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