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DiverDave

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Reply to marmar (Original post)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 08:43 AM

Jun 2012

the people saying he MUST pay the loans back
3.2.1...

I think he should get a pass, the loans were taken out under
the impression that the son would be alive and working.

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Grieving Father Struggles to Pay Dead Son’s Student Loans [View all] marmar Jun 2012 OP

hmmm...maybe it is time to start saying "show me the note" on student loans. ret5hd Jun 2012 #1

Exactly my thought. klook Jun 2012 #6

+1 intheflow Jun 2012 #12

They don't care liberal N proud Jun 2012 #2

Another reason to thank Obama for kicking the banks out of student loans catbyte Jun 2012 #3

Horrible. Anyone know if there is death or disabilty insurance available for student loans? HereSince1628 Jun 2012 #4

I wouldn't be sulphurdunn Jun 2012 #8

Yes, there is. When I took out my student loans in the mid nineties, a premium was deducted from juajen Jun 2012 #24

Waiting to hear from DiverDave Jun 2012 #5

Oh, but the stockholders, the stockholders, just THINK of the poor stockholders! beac Jun 2012 #7

I thought this shit is illegal??? Odin2005 Jun 2012 #9

Not for co-signed loans. Pab Sungenis Jun 2012 #10

DOH, I missed the co-signed part, my bad! Odin2005 Jun 2012 #20

I nearly did, too. Pab Sungenis Jun 2012 #23

One more reason to cut the private lenders out of the loop. Pab Sungenis Jun 2012 #11

Student loan debt is a major problem, doesn't even stop hounding you when you are dead. K&R. ck4829 Jun 2012 #13

Garnish sasquuatch55 Jun 2012 #14

Suze Orman is wrong on this issue as well. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #22

And they are probably paying the debt collectors more than Smilo Jun 2012 #15

In no way should debts be heritable 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #16

They're not. Igel Jun 2012 #17

That makes more sense then 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #18

My advice, move to someplace like Cuba MrTwister Jun 2012 #19

He should see a good bankruptcy attorney and not assume that all student-related loans cannot be AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #21

Spam deleted by LeftishBrit (MIR Team) snugloans Jul 2012 #25

If he has another child Politicalboi Jul 2012 #26