QUESTION
What can I do to prevent inheriting debts
Asked on Oct 02nd, 2019 on General Practice - Georgia
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I was adopted and my adopted dad is a big spender had to file C 13 before still spends he was a terrible person I don't keep in contact I want nothing to do with him and I don't want to inherit his debt or anything he would try to give me I was also wondering if changing my name and not letting him be notified about it work but I'm not so sure
1 ANSWER
Absent an explicit contract providing for it (to which you would need to be a party) you can't inherit your father's debt. Any debt he leaves after his death will be paid by his estate, which will leave less for you to inherit, but you have no obligation to pay any debts which arenot covered by the estate's assets.
Answered on Oct 03rd, 2019 at 7:18 AM