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My 90 year old mother in law passed recently. My wife is an only child. My MIL had a low five digit credit card debt. She owned no property and had no assets that I know of. She lived entirely on her social security retirement in a home we provided for her. What are our responsibilities as to filling probate and other legal forms regarding her death? If the credit card attorneys try to collect from me what action should I take then? What should I say to creditors when they contact us? Do I need an attorney? What legal procedure should the family take when the deceased has no property and this kind of debt. So far, we have done nothing other than sending each creditor a copy of the death certificate and a statement that there are no assets from which to make disbursements.
From the little that we have researched, my MIL purchased nothing in the last ten years on her credit cards. The large amounts she owed seem to have been generated from late fees, large interest rates and small minimum required payments.
My 90 year old mother in law passed recently. My wife is an only child. My MIL had a low five digit credit card debt. She owned no property and had no assets that I know of. She lived entirely on her social security retirement in a home we provided for her. What are our responsibilities as to filling probate and other legal forms regarding her death? If the credit card attorneys try to collect from me what action should I take then? What should I say to creditors when they contact us? Do I need an attorney? What legal procedure should the family take when the deceased has no property and this kind of debt. So far, we have done nothing other than sending each creditor a copy of the death certificate and a statement that there are no assets from which to make disbursements.
From the little that we have researched, my MIL purchased nothing in the last ten years on her credit cards. The large amounts she owed seem to have been generated from late fees, large interest rates and small minimum required payments.