From: Dossy (dossy@panoptic.com)
Date: Tue May 28 2002 - 07:25:54 MDT
It seems a lot of people have replied similarly to Rafal. I
guess my confusion was that I thought you HAD to accept an
inheritance (and therefore, the tax along with it).
Thanks for the information, everyone!
-- Dossy
On 2002.05.27, Dossy <dossy@panoptic.com> wrote:
> On 2002.05.27, Smigrodzki, Rafal <SmigrodzkiR@msx.upmc.edu> wrote:
> > Dossy [mailto:dossy@panoptic.com] wrote:
> >
> > Maybe I'm mistaken, but in the US, if parents rack up debt and
> > pass away (with insufficient life insurance to cover their debts)
> > the kids (if any exist) are left paying the debts, no?
> >
> > ### Only if they agree to accept the inheritance.
>
> Wow, really? Is this serious? Do you have this on authority from
> someplace? Can you give me a pointer to where I can verify this?
>
> Now I'm intrigued ...
>
> -- Dossy
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