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Re:The Property Industry Is Falling Out of Love with WeWork by kortilla on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @11:04PM (#18722416)
Your estate is just your assets, so yes to that. Your children, not in the US.

You can never involuntarily inherit debt in the US. You have to be a co-signer to begin with.

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Re:The Property Industry Is Falling Out of Love with WeWork by skh on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @11:44PM (#18722576)
In some states for certain medical expenses family members can be forced to assume the debt.
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Re:The Property Industry Is Falling Out of Love with WeWork by kgwgk on Thursday December 20, 2018 @02:12AM (#18723048)
Interesting. But strictly speaking you’re not inheriting debt. You were liable for the debt all the time.
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Re:The Property Industry Is Falling Out of Love with WeWork by skh on Thursday December 20, 2018 @12:58PM (#18727235)
I would agree with that assessment but for the fact that while alive the parent's medical debt can't be forced upon family members. It's a weird debt and I agree it isn't quite the same as inheriting it but I also think it isn't the same a jointly assumed liability while the parent is alive. The family members presumably have no say in whether or not the parent assumes the medical debt.
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