My husband died 2 yrs. ago after an XXXX. He had medical bills still owing when he died. After the XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX reviewed his personal estate, it was found deficient in funds to pay his medical bills. A collection agency, XXXX XXXX, XXXX began contacting me about several bills, of which the bill for {$280.00} was just XXXX of several bills that they attempted to collect. I had hired an attorney, XXXX XXXX ( now XXXX XXXX ), to contact XXXX about several larger bills. Apparently the bill for {$280.00} was not itemized when she had contacted them. I both called and wrote to XXXX XXXX, XXXX stating that this was not my bill and could not be collected from me. XXXX stopped sending statements to me but instead contacted Equifax and XXXX and had this collection placed in my credit report. I notified both Equifax and XXXX that this was not my bill. I sent documentation including my husband 's death certificate and the finding of deficiency in the estate, as well as correspondence to XXXX. XXXX found this does not belong to me and removed the collection notice from my credit report. Equifax is still maintaining that this does belong to me and the collection notice remains on my credit report. I have asked Equifax to review this but they still maintain that I own this bill at this time ( as far as I know. )