<prompt> Human: My dad has a large gas bill that he will honestly probably never pay off in his lifetime. My question is when he dies hopefully no time soon what happens to that debt? Do I or my family become responsible? Will it effect my credit or anything else?  <response>: My only source is horror stories from others in this sub, but there have been cases where the scummiest of scummy debt collectors will pressure grieving family members into making a small payment on the debt, like 10, then suedthen for the full amount using the payment as evidence of your intention to assume the entire debt. 