My brother was killed and it was supposed to get paid for by an organization. But now they don't wanna pay and I signed the papers because my mom wasn't doing well. Am I stuck with the cost? Or can my mother assume responsibility?
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If you paid for it you probably are responsible. If he left an estate you could take it out of there. You might want to contact the Legal Aid Society for free legal advice.
You have my deepest sympathy on your loss. How sad!
I have two suggestions...one is to talk to the funeral director and see if he/she can work with the organization that was supposed to pay and see if they will. This happened to a friend of ours and the funeral director did not know of the arrangement she had and when he learned of it, he advocated for this girl and got the entire thing paid.
The second thing is as Judy suggested, seek legal counsel. There are free legal aid services out there, but be very careful not to use one that is a scam. Ask your state senator to help...his/her services are free (well paid for by tax dollars, but no cost to you at the door).
I found ours by putting in Google search my town name and the phrase state senator. His name came right up.
Let us know what you find and hopefully get this all resolved. Share my sympathy with your entire family, especially your mom.
I agree that you should first talk with the funeral director about the organization and maybe they can help if there is some sort of problem that needs to be resolved.
Bottom line - you signed the contract papers so basically you can be held responsible for full payment. If your mother agrees to take on the responsibility then I feel sure the funeral home will accept her money but if she is a senior and has no solid financial holdings, the funeral home may want both your signatures on the papers.
Attorney's services are expensive so if you have to go that route it would be better to follow Pghgirl's instructions about how to do that.
You do not say what kind of organization made an agreement to pay and then backed out but have you tried talking with them about why they changed their mind or perhaps there is a misunderstanding that could be resolved? This would be the best route if there is any hope the agreement can be instituted.
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