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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I have an estate opened for a death of husband. We have published the Notice to Creditors and it has been shocking to the widow (Mrs.) of the creditor’s claims for debts her
husband had that she did not know about. I am trying to make a determination on separate debt v. community debt. I have done some research and here is what I have concluded – correct?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">If debt was incurred during marriage by the husband w/o the consent or any part of the debt for the wife, it is his
separate debt.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">If debt was incurred during marriage as in #1, but debt was accumulated to the benefit of the community, it is community
debt. Example, bought a car and the car is now with the wife after his death.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">If debt was incurred as a “family expense”, then it is enforced against the separate property of decedent – does this
include medical expenses of the husband?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Quite a bit of the bills are for credit cards and medical treatment of the husband prior to death (unrelated to death).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">One if for a personal non-secured loan for which the wife has no idea what the money was used for.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">There is a community property home with no mortgage. Very little cash and no pension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The wife’s income will not support paying all of this debt and she will be forced to sell her home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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