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Children are never responsible for their parents debt, unless they co-signed for the debt. Those bills are the responsibility of the estate. The executor will pay them or inform the debtors of the lack of assets.

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Q: Can adult children be responsible for burial or paying debt of a deceased parent if said parent abandoned them as a young child and there has been no contact for more than 20 years?
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