divorce is not final and one party dies who is redponsible for remaining bills and funeral expensenes?

Question

ex spouse dies and his divorce is not final from present wife.
no will has been found no life insurance found.Is his present wife responsible for remaing bills he may have and funeral expenses

Answer 1

That dude would get cremated, and no urn either!!

Answer 2

If the divorce was not finalized prior to death then it never will be. Unless there are unusual laws in your jurisdiction the deceased's estate is responsible for his debts and final expenses. The widow is not personally responsible, the deceased's estate is. However, without a Will the widow would stand to inherit all or most of the estate so it might amount to the same thing. The important difference would be that, if there are insufficient assets in the estate to pay the debts, and they are not joint debts for which the widow is also liable, the estate's insolvency does not automatically make the widow liable for the debts. Check the law in your jurisdiction (state/province) to be sure.

Answer 3

A divorce lawyer would have the answer you're looking for. Lots of lawyers do free consulations. Phone around and find one. Might as well go to the horse's mouth for accurate info.

Answer 4

No final decree of divorce, they were never divorced so the present wife gets the bills and expenses...unless he changed his will during divorce proceedings.

Answer 5

since there not divorced all bills would be passed to her. however funerall stuff can be taken over by the mans family if they so choose to do it. but as for the bills the acumalted while married shes screwed on that one.

Answer 6

Yes his wife is entitled to pay for it and entitled to get any property he has in his name also.