Well damn 
If you were to pay that other CC down, and have a $0 balance, you could contact them and ask if you could take over the account. There would be no money owed, so basically all they could do is say yes or no.
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Then I would worry about them closing the account completely 
Ughhhhh this whole process is s frustrating! Why did I have to be so dumb when I was younger!?!?!?!
@Seb1010 wrote:Then I would worry about them closing the account completely
Ughhhhh this whole process is s frustrating! Why did I have to be so dumb when I was younger!?!?!?!
I do understand, I don't know you're entire situation, and I am not an attorney or an officer of the law. But continued used of a deceased person's credit could be considered fraud.
July 2013 score: EQ FICO 819, TU08 778, EX "806 lender pull 07/26/2013
Goal Score: All Scores 760+, Newest goal 800+
Take the myFICO Fitness Challenge
Current scores after adding $81K in CLs and 2 new cars since July 2013
EQ:809 TU 777 EX 790 Now it's just garden time!
June 2017 update: All scores over 820, just pure gardening now.