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Do they own their home? Is this home fully paid off? What is the current value of this home? Is the debt mentioned their only debt?
As you mentioned,you can inherent debt, but you need to be certain of this.
$50,000.00 isn't a huge debt, but in your position if would appear to be quite large and potentially very damaging.
One obvious option would be for your parents to take out a reverse mortgage on the property if they can.
Try to keep calm and explore options to resolve the situation.
Best regards and best wishes for the difficult situation you are in,fren. Don't dispare and try to stay positive.
How does the debt come to your after they pass away? I would focus on that. Whatever loop holes there are that allows this kind of debt inheritence, you should target it and try and close them.
Alternatives - do your parents depend on you? Sit them down and tell them that it is NOT acceptable to saddle you with all this debt that you didnt ask for. Make it clear that solving this finacial crisis is far more important than whatever they think and feel.
Does this mean bankruptcy? Letting the repo man come and take away everything? Defaulting? Its FINE. None of these matter in the long run but getting saddled with this debt will matter.
First, make it clear this is your priority and there is NO negotiating there. Talk to a lawyer first and foremost.
Second, make it clear that you will do everything you can to make this happen.
Third, Start disposing any of the property that belongs to you jointly, to start taking care of the debt. This is more to show you are serious.
If they are dependant on you, tell them good bye so long take care and move on to build your own life.
You cannot have your cake and eat it too. You cannot keep enabling these people AND want to do have a free life.
Some one said that their parents took 50K debt, and it was going to pass on to him when they die, and he didn't know what to do and was asking for advice.
I don’t think credit card debt goes to kids? I could be wrong?
My dad had an ambulance bill over 3K for a short ride to the hospital and the ambulance company said his medicare/united healthcare would not cover it. I told them he is now in hospice (94 years old) and I would be willing to pay them what medicare would have paid ($1200). They said no, wanted the full amount. I told them it is their choice as after he passes they will get nothing and have to write it off. He passed away, and they got nothing. Of course we had bypassed probate.
Big medicine needs to go. I don’t see how local taxes wouldn’t be able to provide an ambulance service to residents. So much corruption it’s sickening