Children are not responsible for the debts of their parents. The estate must settle the debts. The exception would be if a child signed any paperwork gaurenteeing the medical costs.
Your parents would have had a Will and the Estate (your parent's home, all monies they have, etc.) are Probated before anything in that Will is released to the Heirs. Probate makes sure all...
No, they are not responsible unless they guaranteed the debt. One of the primary reasons someone should open an estate is to resolve such debts. The estate has to pay off the debts. If the estate...
The taxes of a deceased person would be the responsibility of that person's estate. If the children are the administrators/executors of the the estate, then they would be responsible for filing the...