I Stopped Paying My Estranged Father’s Medical Bills, Then He Died

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At 25, I met the father who abandoned my mother while she was pregnant with me. He had suffered a stroke, and my mother was already paying for his treatment. I decided to help and began covering his physiotherapy bills. Over time, the costs rose sharply. My father and half-brother began demanding money for more treatments, and I later discovered my father had also collected money from my mother while claiming I had not paid. I ended all contact and blocked them. Months later, my father died. His family now blames me for abandoning him and wants me to pay for his funeral. I do not believe I owe them anything after nearly a year of paying his medical bills.

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