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AFAIK .. it depends . For example , if you're living in a house owned by your deceased parent/s but the mortgage is not yet paid-off and according to their will that you will inherit the house , the mortgage will technically be passed to you because you are the new owner of this asset . Yes , you are required to pay for it . If your parents has a life insurance plan that you will get money when they die , it would be smart for you to use that money to pay for the mortgage . But some insurance plans nowadays offers paying off the mortgage and etc. when a person get to an accidental or natural causes death the child/ren won't have inherit any pain-in-the-arse debts .
If ever there are assets that are passed to you from your deceased parent/s but not yet paid-off and you can't afford to keep them , you can surrender by foreclosing or sell them .
In conclusion ...
the YES answer = if the parents has no insurance , you're inheriting an asset and its mortgage
the NO answer = if the parents has insurance that will cover any debts .
In the Philippines , it's popular that the family properties are passed on to next of kin since the Spanish Era so some people won't experience any of mortgage , debt inheritance , deal with debt collectors and etc . Other than that , too bad for ya . You're lucky if your deceased parent/s still have enough money on his/her bank account to pay off the loans and the rest will be distributed among family members .
It gets complicated when dealing with the deceased unpaid income and property taxes , sari-sari store debts , funeral costs and etc ...
It would be better to speak to a lawyer on this to have a sure answer .