just for information sake

The money for the debt would come from the person's estate,that is if they had one. If there is nothing in the estate (house, bank accounts, etc...) then the parents, brothers, sisters, etc.... are not left with the bill. The person/company owed the money would not get paid. The family member can not be sued.

That is my understanding of that subject. I had a family member die from cancer and all their money that was saved was used up paying for medical care etc...and by the time they died there was nothing left, there were bills but nothing left in the estate to pay them. They had already sold there house to pay for medical care and moved in with family until they passed.

As long as no one else has co-signed or assumed joint responsibility there is nothing that can be done.

I can tell you this from Illinois, mainly cuz it happened to me. I'll set it up: I bought a house. It was on a huge lot that was subdivided - I bought the house and someone else bought the garage. When he went to build his house, in his digging, he tore up my sewer line - it crossed over the new plt lines. Well, went to contact my seller and she had passed away (this was all within like 3 months).

Anyway - she had no will, so I thought I had nowhere to go. In talking with an attorney though, I had the right to file an estate for her, and then sue that estate. Granted - would take a lot of work, but you can do that in Illinois. I never pursued it, though.

Now - could a company do that? Maybe. But it is a tonof paperwork and up front cash. May not be worth it for them and they might just do the debt as a write off.

You can do that in OH as well, but the person has to have an estate, if the person dies destitute and has nothing then it is a lost cause for the person looking to get paid.

when my grandmother passed away ,my mother had to pay her taxes for that year.She only lived 3 months into the year.