Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Missouri

My mother passed away recently, and she left behind a credit card debt in her name only. None of her assets passed through probate (everything was either in my father's name, was in joint tenancy with my father, or had beneficaries), and we are unsure if we will need to pay off that credit card debt. We wanted to research this before we contacted the card company.


Asked on 11/15/11, 10:01 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael R. Nack Michael R. Nack, Attorney at Law

No, you are not responsible for this credit card debt. You should advise the credit card company that you Mother is deceased and demand that they cease any collection efforts against anyone else. Some collectors will lie to you in this situation, so you should document everything in case you need to sue them for violations of the fair debt collections practices act.

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Answered on 11/16/11, 8:02 pm


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