who is responsible for deceased debt
No. The estate of the deceased person owes the debt. If there isn't enough money in the estate to cover the debt, it typically goes unpaid. But there are exceptions to this rule. You may be responsible for the debt if you: 1  co-signed the obligation;  live in a community property state, such as California;
As a rule, those debts are paid from the deceased person's estate. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency, family members typically are not obligated to pay the debts of a deceased relative from their own assets.