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Can a hospital go after real property?

My mother passed away a month ago and she had a lot of medical bills. We were told that her estate will take care of it, but there is no estate. My dad is alive, but is disabled. The only asset they have is their house, but we were also told that the hospitals cannot go after real property. Is that true? What happens to the bills then?

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1. That's not really true...What happens is that they can't go after it directly, such as a mortgage can. What will happen is that they sue and get a judgement and then they will take that judgement and go after that person's assets which will include the real property. It's a longer road. Depends upon in whose name(s) the bills are in...If it is only in your mother's name it goes with the estate, if the estate has nothing, the creditor has to simply eat it and write it off. If it was in both your parents name then dad is on the hook for it. And they can eventually take the house.