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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Maybe, maybe not. The person to ask is the attorney who represented the estate. No one here has enough information to give you an answer.
Yes. File for Bankruptcy if it's too much. If you own property look into Chapter 13
The bills are supposed to be paid out of your father's estate.
If he didn't leave any assets or money, you are not responsible for his medical bills before he died. If he had property, then they can file a lien on the property. However, if you incurred any costs after his death such as funeral and burial expenses, you are liable for those debts. I am sorry for your loss.
I think whatever is left from his estate should pay the bills.
If nothing is left i think you will have to take care of that unfortunatly.
Contact the hospital that you owe the money to. They cannot file legal proceedings as long as you are paying on the balance. Pay them 1 dollar a month and they will not be able to sue you for the remaining bills. After a while they will get irritated and write it off. I did this when I was in college and didn't have medical insurance. I owed $13,000 dollars following a car wreck and it has never appeared on my credit.
It's impossible to answer based on the facts given.
If the Estate was properly probated, the creditors were given notice that they had to file their claims against the Estate before a certain date. If they were properly notified and failed to submit claims, they are out of luck. If they submitted valid claims but the Estate was insufficient to pay them, they're still out of luck.
If the attorney that handled it is just forwarding bills to you, it doesn't sound like they were very good as an attorney.
It's hard to say what the story is from the skimpy facts you gave us, but here are some general thoughts.
The bills are payable from your father's estate. When you accepted his property, you may have accepted his liabilities (or you may have not, depending on the scope of the estate). Consider talking to the creditors to find a way to work out the debts by liquidating the remainder of his estate. (Hospitals have a program for writing off portions of bills in situations like this, and there may be some Social Security Benefits or other death benefits which would handle some of the costs.) Do you have a probate attorney who can help you?
I am sorry for your loss and ever sorrier that you are having to deal with financial issues in your time of sadness.
If your father was on medicare or medicaid or, as mentioned, he owned the property you converted free and clear, the minimum you would be responsible for is the illegal conversion of the assets of the estate.
You need to do as advised. and quickly before this turns into a criminal investigation.
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