It makes sense that they need to pay to receive the ashes, but "one more" implies they are paying other debts, with zero details that they are receiving anything tangible.
> inheriting ... his father’s end-of-life expenses, thousands of dollars in debts
This article does nothing to help its readers and in fact makes things worse by compounding the notion that debts are inherited.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=filial+responsibility+medical+debt
Not relevant in this case because the kids clearly haven’t got anything worth taking, and Michigan doesn’t have filial responsibility laws.
“In order for filial responsibility to become an issue, a number of issues will have to take place: The elderly parent cannot pay the nursing home bill, The adult child has the ability to pay the nursing home bill, The elderly parent could not qualify for Medicaid, The care facility sues the adult child.”. https://michiganestateplanning.com/do-i-have-to-pay-my-paren...