<prompt> Human: This past Monday I came home to find my Mom had a stroke during the day and was gone. I was only living with her until a work transfer came in. We had been working on everything she owned slowly, she had such bad depression with hoarding. Im still waiting on getting the death certificates and her church plus my family has been wonderful. They dived in and weve gotten all but one room and the garage put to order. I have a lot of bills to go through but I cant find any investments that she talked about. I also dont know how to take over the mortgage which the state of MI site said I should. I just feel lost right now, we had a appt. set up to have a free law school service look over a set of easy to do will forms but she never completed hers so there is no will. I know as soon as other places find out shes gone Im going to have a huge mess on my hands. And right now I just dont know how all to get ready for this, mommy wasnt supposed to do this.  <response>: Be very careful about taking responsibility for her bills, including the mortgage. You are NOT responsible for her bills, unless you want to be. If she owes more on her house than it is worth, and has no other significant assets, it might be better for you to stay out of it and let the creditors have the house through the probate process.If she does have assets that exceed her debts, you will probably inherit something, again, after the probate process. Since there is no will, this will be controlled by your state laws. You mentioned other family, so it might not all go to you.You NEED to find an estate lawyer who can guide you through this. It is not easy. Maybe your mothers church can recommend someone.Good luck. 