“Dear Steve, Since my husband passed away several weeks ago, I no longer have his income to count on for our bills. I’m already fighting foreclosure so it’s no surprise that I’m having a tough time trying to carry the load alone. I’m working on plans to grow my small business as well as some …
“Dear Steve, I desperately need advice. My mother passed away just over 2 years ago, which was devastating for myself and 3 siblings. She owned a house in america (Florida to be exact), which was in negative equity, none of us were financially able to manage this property and therefore have just left it, which …
“Dear Steve, Four years ago my husband had a stroke and was unable to work. we have gone thru all our money to stay in the house. my husband just died and now no soc sec check. tried loan mod and was turned down and said I did not send in what was ask for …
“Dear Steve, My husband passed away in July. He didn’t have an estate or life insurance. He has 2 outstanding medical bills. Will they be able to take any of our tax return. The bills have not gone to collections yet. Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Theresa” Dear Theresa, Creditors can only look to his estate for collection of …
“Dear Steve, My question is regarding avoiding foreclosure but the nature of my circumstance is rather unusual. Let me start by explaining that I just recently learned that my life partner of 20 years was over a year behind on our mortgage payments when, about 2 months ago I answered the door to a foreclosure …
“Dear Steve, My mother passed away from cancer this year and she had a judgement against her for a credit card debt from capital one for like 8 grand. She did not have much money and a lot of medical bills and we do not want to spend all the estates money on a judgement …
“Dear Steve, Unable to pay all debts after death of husband. Since my husbands death in 2009 I struggled to pay the debts. Finally had to stop paying on four of them. Now, Capital One is taking me to court next week. Will they be able to freeze my bank account since only Soc Sec …
“Dear Steve, Father recently passed leaving aroung 7000.00 in personal debt, no will , no assets ,no one in charge, only life insurance to cover services with me as survivor. Who becomes resonsible for these bills. All in his name only. I was however on his checking accout to pay his bills, He deposited Just …
“Dear Jim, My husband dies 2 months ago. He didn’t have life insurance. His pension stop & I work so I won’t get SS. We didn’t have taxes taken out of his pension or SS. We paid it when we filed. We have 2 daughters 1 14 & the other 18 and started college. How …
by Marian Wang, ProPublica, A few months after he buried his son, Francisco Reynoso began getting notices in the mail. Then the debt collectors came calling. “They would say, ‘We don’t care what happened with your son, you have to pay us,’” recalled Reynoso, a gardener from Palmdale, Calif. Reynoso’s son, Freddy, had been the …