Are the wife and children, or the husband's family who benefited from the supermarket, obliged to pay the debts of the deceased husband who abandoned his wife and children for fourteen years and did not spend on them, and is the wife required to observe the iddah in this case?
The wife's mentions about her husband regarding abandonment, lack of financial support, drinking alcohol, and drug abuse are grave errors, and they have led to his current situation.
What the wife spent on herself and her children requires clarification: If she spent voluntarily or during the husband's financial hardship, she has no right to claim reimbursement from him. However, if she did not spend voluntarily and the husband was affluent, she has the right to claim reimbursement from his estate for what she spent.
Debts are to be settled from his estate. If the debts exceed the estate, the creditors shall proportionally share in what is available, and the wife can participate with them for what she spent. The heirs are not obligated to pay any of the debts except as a voluntary act.
If the husband did not divorce the woman, she is still considered his wife and must observe the waiting period () for widowhood. She and her children have the right to inherit after the debts are settled.
The matter of inheritances is serious and complex; a mere is insufficient. Instead, it must be referred to the courts to investigate the heirs, wills, debts, and other rights before the estate is divided.
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