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In reply to the discussion: N.J. Forces Mom to Pay Son's Student Loans: Murder 'Does Not Meet Threshold for Loan Forgiveness' [View all]Takket
(23,288 posts)54. yeah you are right....
Sorry when I said family I basically meant that they are essentially losing out on the money they would have gotten if my credit card didn't need to be paid off. I.E. if my estate is worth a million and I have $400,000 in credit card debt, and I "leave everything to my family", my family is only going to get $600,000, not $1 million
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N.J. Forces Mom to Pay Son's Student Loans: Murder 'Does Not Meet Threshold for Loan Forgiveness' [View all]
Night Watchman
Jul 2016
OP
Murder should be enough of a reason to drop loan charges, even after the fact. That mother should
downeastdaniel
Jul 2016
#78
If you co-sign any loan, you are still responsible if the other signer dies or becomes incapacitated
thesquanderer
Jul 2016
#6
If you don't want to be responsible for a debt, don't sign for it. Is that unreasonable? (n/t)
thesquanderer
Jul 2016
#79
Yes. If there are assets in the estate to cover the deceased's debts........
WillowTree
Jul 2016
#24
Sadly, I learned this last October. But as an only child, it didn't matter; her "estate" was mine.
WinkyDink
Jul 2016
#102
Only out of the estate or if the heir(s) co-signed for the debt when it was incurred.
WillowTree
Jul 2016
#25
I think that's because the article's explanation focuses on the systemic explanation
kcr
Jul 2016
#57
Of course she's responsible for the balance of the loan that she co-signed. Why wouldn't she be?
WillowTree
Jul 2016
#26
The article says she can repay it without being too financially affected. She is complaining
Yo_Mama
Jul 2016
#40
Sadly I'm not surprised. It's a fuck off I've got mine and this doesn't affect me kind of country.
onecaliberal
Jul 2016
#31
It's a fuck off I've got mine and this doesn't affect me kind of country.
SammyWinstonJack
Jul 2016
#49
When student loans were dischargeable in BK, it was commonplace for people who could repay
Yo_Mama
Jul 2016
#46
I agree. People who see nothing wrong here because it's a matter of "Paperwork"
BlancheSplanchnik
Jul 2016
#64
It a legal issue for some of us. You signed a contract. What happened isn't the lender's problem.
Shrike47
Jul 2016
#103
She took out the loan too. That's what cosigning is. If she hadn't signed for the loan,
Yo_Mama
Jul 2016
#43
The "man’s killing remains unsolved", and it was "likely tied to drugs." So state the police...
xocet
Jul 2016
#77
What makes you think that anything is ever "free"? Huge myth. Someone always has to pay. Always.
WillowTree
Jul 2016
#98