Q: When my father died I made a verbal agreement with my aunt on the arrangements and I would pay back with life insurance
But when she produced the will it says the estate is responsible for the arrangements not the life insurance and she is the estate and I am not in it at all. Would the will over rule the verbal agreement because I don't thinkninshould have to pay her back since the will says the estate is responsible not the me.
A: The estate would pay back whoever paid his funeral expenses as a first priority claim. So if she is repaid by the estate for the funeral, there would be no need for you to pay her a second time. And she would have to sue you on the verbal agreement to force you to pay. So it is unlikely you will have to pay it. If you are named as a beneficiary on his life insurance, contact the life insurance company and send it a copy of the death certificate.
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