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Should I Pay a Deceased Parent’s Credit Card Bills? | NC

Pierce Law Group

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Q: Should I keep paying a deceased parent's credit card bills before being appointed administrator? A: No. In North Carolina, you generally should not keep paying a deceased parent’s credit card bills from your own money before you are appointed administrator. A credit card in your parent’s name alone is usually an unsecured claim against the estate, not your personal debt. That can change if…

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