Hi there....Your brother would not have an obligation for your mother's debt...except to the extent he was distributed assets from her estate that would have paid that debt if it had been used for that purpose rather than having been distributed to him.

It cannot be added to his credit report. And, it is possible it has been confused with his dad. He needs to dispute the information. Once disputed, the credit reporting agency is required to investigate the dispute by sending it back to the credit card folks for verification. If the the credit card folks verify that the account is being reported correctly, the negative information will stay on his credit file. If the credit card people never respond to the investigation, then after about 30 days, the credit reporting agency will either delete the report from his file or report it as not being delinquent. If nothing is done, he will need to get a court order and then send the judge's order to the credit agency to get it removed.

I hope this has given you the guidance you were seeking. I wish you the best of luck!

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