Can we be held liable for this debt?
Very convoluted story, so please bear with me: my Aunt and uncle filed a homeowner's insurance claim about some missing cash. This was in 1987. Aunt, who lost the money, has since passed away. Uncle remarried in 2000, but has also since passed away, leaving only his second wife in charge of his estate. While clering out his personal effects we found bank records from my deceased aunt showing checks--her missing money, $30,000 was taken by my cousin apparently she forged her mother's signature and her mother was very elderly. So my aunt and uncle were reimbursed by their insurance. If we now know or believe we do, who took her missing money: can the second wife file any claim on it or is it between my cousin and the insurance company? Uncle included us in his will, he had a prenuptual, but will we be forced to reimburse the insurance company out of his estate before it's settled? :confused:
Thanks in advance for your time and for any response