Mother doesn't have life insurance am I responsible for funeral costs or debt?

My mom has never been the responsible type she left my sister and I with my dad and didn't talk to us for years well she has worked, she has nothing, no car, no house, no insurance and now she is sick...my sister and I were wondering who would be responsible for paying her debt if any or her funeral expenses...keep in mind she has never truely been in our lifes...any lawyers out there? Or people with experience with this please??

For the one that said be responsible you don't understand my question...the point is I don't want to be responsible for someone who was never responsible for me!

You are not responsible for her debts or even to pay for her funeral.

Her estate, if it had anything in it, would be liable for any debts and funeral expenses. I would think seriously, though, about consulting with an attorney specializing in probate NOW. An hour consultation will not cost much and he may be able to give you some advice on how to proceed and how to avoid creditors hounding you.

As an aside, I hear what you are saying about her abandonment, BUT as you grow older, you may be very glad you took a higher road than she did by ensuring she got a simple, but dignified funeral. You may, however, want to explore cremation as it usually is much less expensive than burial.

I wish you the best!

Yea you and your siblings will be responsible for her debts and funeral costs

they can't hold you responsible...if there was an estate then they can claim against that otherwise you have no obligation

get her on Medicaid now, she can get social security, if you don't do these things you will be held responsible, so be responsible now and get her applications together, also try to get her on a life insurance plan.

unless you have signed something giving you control of her things( even if its just for the death arrangements) you are under no legal responsibility to pay her debts. If you want her to have a funeral than of course you will have to pay for it. Someone will at least have to pay for basic burial costs. If you abandon her as she did you, then I dint know for sure how they handle that. I'm sure that they will cremate her remains, and probably come after one of you, or another relative for those costs. But unless you signed something saying you are responsible, you are not.

You should really talk to a lawyer, but no, I don't believe you are responsible since theres no will or estate. I certainly wasn't responsible for my dad's debt when he died. I just sent all the bill collectors copies of his death certificate.

You are not responsible if no one claims her body. You are not responsible for her debts, unless you hope to inherit something from her estate. Though you will be criticized for it, I see nothing wrong with abandoning her dead body to the county since she clearly abandoned you while you were still alive. Good luck.

As long as you do not sign something agreeing to pay, then they are not your debts. But Hey Do you want to bury your loved one. Funeral you might need to pay just because you loved one needs to RIP. But credit cards any other debt of the deceased is not your debt unless you sign something agreeing to be responsible.

you will not be responsible for her funeral unless you agree with it-most that can happen is they send you the bill but can not collect it.County will take funeral in their hands have her cremated and dispose of it.As far as bills go send them copy of death certificate and you will not hear from them-a debt collector might try to get sneaky and contact you.Unless you have power of attorney then no problem