Find the best financial services for you at: SMARTFINANCESOLUTIONS.NET - Is a spouse required to pay her late husband's debts? - My friend and her husband were separated to get divorced when her husband died suddenly. She had signed the papers to separate their own properties and debts a few days before his death, but he never got the chance to signed his part. At the time his death his debt was about $200K to various credit cards companies and he was about to file bankruptcy. The mortgage bank is threatening to take the house away from her if she does not pay the mortgage.

Now:
1. Can the bank take a way her house if it is her residency?
2. Can the credit card companies force her to pay his debts?
3. Is she liable for his any debt at all since they were separated a few years ago and he acquired all the debt after the separation?

Thank you. -