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  • 04-12-2009, 01:19 AM
    beaver_1977
    Estate's Responsibility for Medical Bills
    My question involves estate proceedings in the state of: IN
    my father past away he was a indiana resident but,died in michigan.
    i guess he was admitted into a hospital and everything in michigan.
    the hospital told me that my father's sister was down as a contact only!
    on the hospital bills it has his sisters address for michigan not my father's indiana address!i want to know who is responsible for these bills would it be my father's sister since she made herself as the only contact?
    i believe that this is my father but,i have no legal proof since i cant get access to his hospital records or his medical records in the state of michigan
    because,his sister is down as the only contact.his birthdate matches up with their records they told me but,i dont have any other proof!how could she legally make herself the only contact?their was no will or living trust nothing of that sort!and if this is my father would these creditors have to file in the state of michigan because,they believe he was a michigan resident and not a indiana resident.but,i did tell them if that is my father then,he wasnt a michigan resident that he was indeed a indiana resident.if this is my father we wasnt allowed any information about him while he was in the hospital and his other medical care basically his sister denied us of that right!could she have gotten power of attorney on him at the hospital with him being a indiana resident?
  • 04-13-2009, 07:29 AM
    Mr. Knowitall
    Re: Estate's Responsibility for Medical Bills
    If you are the personal representative of the estate that is being probated in Indiana, it's your obligation to notify the medical center (a creditor of the estate) that the estate has been opened and that creditors must now submit their claims. If you wish to try to obtain documentation from them in support of their claims, you may do so once they submit their claims.

    If something else is going on, please give us the facts.
  • 04-13-2009, 06:32 PM
    beaver_1977
    Re: Estate's Responsibility for Medical Bills
    i was just told today by my attorney that if any more medical bills come through i will have to pay!i told him i need legal proof in order for them to be paid(records).but,they refuse to disclose anything to me but,yet they been sending bills to my address!i've asked all of them to send me something at least to prove that this is my father they're denying me.to me this is no different then a credit card saying that the deceased owes something when,they may not without actual legal proof you have nothing to go by!
    i just dont know what to do and there isnt enough money anyways to pay all of these creditors if they do belong to my father!some of the bills i have recieved had the wrong dates on them for example 11/26/09 a date thats not even here yet and the amounts didnt show what they was for they was left blank!then,i called and told them that wasnt good enough that i needed detailed billing the next billing wasnt done on legal billing paper it was done on a regular computer paper that anyone can do on their computer!
    it had my fathers name on there with no address no information
    and it said he owed such and such amount barely in detail an some other charges they never stated what they was for at all.the other medical bill i recieved didnt show either that it was my father just 1st and last name!
    and anyone if they would do a search on themselves here on the net it would show a bunch of people with the same name as theirs!
    even legal known creditors wanna hold me personally responsible for my fathers bills wanting my information and i will not allow that to happen!
    i dont have a problem paying his known creditors that i do know thats his!
    but,i dont think the estate needs to pay for someone elses without legal proof!
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