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What to do about estate assets?
My father 2 months ago. I am in charge of his Will. I have received an $8,500 bill from a nursing home that he was in. When my father died, he did not have any assets whatsoever other than a lot in the SE portion of the state which is worth less than $2,000. I want to notify the nursing him about all of this. Do I just write them a letter telling them what I have just told you? If not, how should I handle this?
Asked on October 25, 2012 under Estate Planning, Arizona
Answers:
Anne Brady / Law Office of Anne Brady
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If your father had no assets, then he could not have been paying for that nursing home. Â I would send the bill to whoever was paying the nursing home bill when he was alive. Â If the bill is for care administered when he was alive, then it should be paid. Â If it is a pay in advance for November bill then obviously it does not need to be paid.
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