credit card problem

I have been paying my fathers credit card since he has passed away more than two years ago, i have not been able to keep up the payments and the credit card company has sent it to collections is there any thing i can do to protect myself and can they hold me responsible

[racer72]

Were you paying on the credit card as the executor of his will or out of the goodness of your heart? If you are the executor, you would use proceeds from the liquidation of the estate to pay the debt, if the estate did not have the capital to pay the debt, the credit card company would have to eat the debt. But because you have paid on the debt for two years, whether you are the executor or if you were being nice, you probably have assumed responsibility for the debt and you can be held responsible for paying.