Paying credit card bills if there is no money in an estate
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My mother passed away after being out of work for 3 years due to an injury, consequently she had several large credit card bills pile up. As the PR for her estate, I paid all of the bills until the little money she had left ran out. There is still 1 credit card bill. The house is left to my sister and I with a life estate to my step-father. It also has a mortgage that he is paying. She had no other assets. What happens to the credit card bill? Am I, as PR of the estate, responsible for it?
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You would not be liable for it if it was not your credit card. As far as what would happen to it, I would suggest speaking with the Probate Court, as they would have access to the file and would have all of the necessary information to advise you.
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