What to do if my father died recently leaving his medical bills unpaid because he was uninsured?
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What to do if my father died recently leaving his medical bills unpaid because he was uninsured?
He owned half of a unsettled property from my grandmother’s death and his brother owns the other half. My father was not the executor or the property. His brother is. I would be inheriting whatever my father would have actually received as half. The question I have is; will the medical bills go against the unsettled property? Will I need to pay them to settle the property?
Asked on January 25, 2013 under Estate Planning, Pennsylvania
Answers:
Victor Waid / Law Office of Victor Waid
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
The medical bills will be paid out of your father's half of the property if the medical creditors file a creditors claim into the estate of your father. However, negotiate the bills downward with the medical creditors to take pennies on the dollar, so as to lessen the payout from the estate asset.
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