Can a creditor collect estate debt from jointly owned property? | NC

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Q: Can a creditor collect an estate debt from property that was jointly owned with the deceased? A: Usually, no — if the property passed automatically to the surviving owner by right of survivorship, it is generally not part of the probate estate. That means an ordinary estate creditor usually cannot collect from it as if the deceased still owned it alone. But the type of property matters. A…