In New Jersey, the estate must resolve all debts including medical bills. Until that is done, the spouse cannot inherit anything.
No
The estate is responsible for all the bills of the deceased. The spouse will be required to pay them from the estate funds.
Only if the surviving spouse entered into a repayment agreement with the medical providers.
In most instances, the estate is responsible. It means the estate that is inherited from the spouse will be smaller.
For Georgia, the estate will be responsible. The spouse indirectly will pay, as they cannot inherit until they are resolved.
The estate would be responsible, but if the dying person had no assets, I do not think they could hold the spouse responsible, unless he or she signed a paper guaranteeing medical bills. what do you mean you think, do you know for sure?
In Montana the estate will be responsible for the medical bills of the deceased. Only after they are resolved can the estate be closed and any remainder distributed.
In Kentucky, the deceased's estate is responsible. The spouse can be held as a beneficiary of the costs and by inheriting less from the estate.
Only if she is the executor of the estate. The executor is responsible for all estate debts.
Unless the survivor(s) signed some type of contract or agreement to be responsible for the deceased's medical bills, it is the deceased's ESTATE which is liable for the expense - NOT the survivors.HOWEVER: In reality, if the surviving spouse also happens to be the Executor of their deceased spouse's estate, they WILL, have to pay for whatever medical bills may be outstanding from the proceeds of the estate that they are administering.
In North Carolina the estate is responsible. The spouse indirectly will pay, as they cannot inherit until they are resolved.
s the spouse responsible for medical bills after death of a spouse in Colorado?