<prompt> Human: Backstory: Im only 18, Ive lived a fairly nice life. And all of that changed about a month ago.My father has been missing for around a month and weve all received notes from him in the mail which were basically suicide notes. My grandfather is the one who actually owns the house but my family lives in it, and my father is the one to pay all of the bills. When he disappeared that responsibility was passed to me as my mother cant work. Im not employed but I have a job lined up for me, I just graduated.What do I need to do in terms of paying bills and having them switched to my name? We are refinancing the house so that the mortgage payment will be lower that way I can pay it off, but I dont have a clue on how to own a house or responsibility, I need advice on how to act in this situation.Also, mom is wasting all of our saving in a multi level marketing scheme, we dont have long until well get evicted at this rateFor bot purposes, Murfreesboro - Tennessee, USA  <response>: You need to think about the situation like this: your dad was renting the house, and while you may be able to take up the lease to continue living in it you are under no obligation to buy the house.While the amount your dad was paying may have covered the cost of the mortgage, thats totally different from actually paying the mortgage. All of the bills tied to that location phone, cable, gas, water, etc should be in your mothers name, not yours in my opinion. Also, while this is a bit unpleasant, youre going to want to try to confirm that your Dad is actually dead and didnt just walk out on you all. Let the credit companies ruin his credit before putting anything in your name.You should put up a post on rlegaladvice to find out what your rights are as a tenant in TN. 