Hello all, it's my first time posting here and any advice would be greatly appreciated. My elder brother died (at the age of 46) very suddenly some weeks ago. He was self employed but had a number of credit card debts, one with a bank here and one with a UK bank (where he lived for some years). My main question is am I correct in thinking that the only claim on these credit card debts is if the credit card companies try to claim from his estate ? No one else in the family was a guarantor for these credit cards. He left no will, was not married, had no dependents and no assets. He has a number of pensions in the UK and I have just notified the pension companies about his death. We can cover his funeral expenses amongst the family, but it is the credit card debts that I am concerned about, the UK one is quite sizeable.