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Debts of the parents should be inherited by the children.

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bentley49 Fri 26-Jul-13 14:50:10

When a parent dies the assetts are in most cases inherited by the children.
Why not have a law saying all debts are passed on to the children.

Gerry

Anne58 Fri 26-Jul-13 14:53:31

"Speak harshly to your little boy, and beat him when he sneezes................

Elegran Fri 26-Jul-13 14:55:58

The debts are subtracted from the assets before the children (or anyone else) inherits anything, Bentley

Elegran Fri 26-Jul-13 14:56:28

"Because he knows . . ."

bentley49 Fri 26-Jul-13 14:57:59

Elegran

What I am saying if the debts exceed the assetts the children should be liable.

Gerry

Anne58 Fri 26-Jul-13 15:02:37

Elegran I thought the next line was "he only does it to annoy............ and the "because" bit? grin

Ana Fri 26-Jul-13 15:02:46

Why did I know who the OP was before I even opened this thread? grin

Nonu Fri 26-Jul-13 15:04:52

It have been frank !! wink

Ana Fri 26-Jul-13 15:05:47

No - Frank would never advocate such a thing!

Anne58 Fri 26-Jul-13 15:06:44

Ana I agree. shock grin

Elegran Fri 26-Jul-13 15:08:14

I was skipping a bit so as not to hurt Bentley's feelings, Phoenix

Anne58 Fri 26-Jul-13 15:09:50

HAH HAH!

janthea Fri 26-Jul-13 15:22:23

He can't even spell! 'assetts'

ninathenana Fri 26-Jul-13 16:07:03

This thread is familiar.
I believe it was asked at the time. Just where the buck should stop. If I couldn't cover my parents debts and nor could my children, how far down the line should it go ?
Would great grandchildren be responsible??

Ridiculous idea.

Nonu Fri 26-Jul-13 16:11:30

ANA , CSL !!

Stansgran Fri 26-Jul-13 16:16:05

Michael Winner managed to rack up £12million in debt. What fool lent him the money? RBS? Northern Rock? UBS? I would love to know. He bought with mortgages flats for ex girlfriends. His unsaleable house was used as a guarantee for the mortgages. Why are bank managers so easily conned.

Anne58 Fri 26-Jul-13 16:22:04

"CSL" ? confused

Nonu Fri 26-Jul-13 16:23:57

I read that the Beckhams have viewed his house !!!

granjura Fri 26-Jul-13 17:10:23

It is certainly the law where I live Bentley. But offsprings can refuse the inheritance if they suspect that the debts amount to more than assets.

Ana Fri 26-Jul-13 17:27:41

Even in this country your debts don't necessarily die with you. If the property was mortgaged and you didn't have life insurance to cover it, the mortgagor would still claim the outstanding balance from the estate.

HUNTERF Fri 26-Jul-13 18:54:44

I don't think Bentley49 has thought through what he is saying.
You could get an extreme case as mentioned by Stansgran where £12,000,000 of debts are ran up.
Even if the children had very good careers they are unlikely to be able to pay this amount back during their working lives.
Even a full time GP only earns about £3,500,000 over their working lives and they have got to live and have some enjoyment out of life.
They also have to pay tax out of this £3,500,000 as well.

Frank

HUNTERF Fri 26-Jul-13 18:57:59

granjura

In the UK the children are not obliged to get involved with the winding up of the parents estate but most do as they want their inheritance.

Frank

HUNTERF Fri 26-Jul-13 19:00:47

Ana

When my father died he was owing about £800 to the credit card company.
I paid it to avoid interest charges knowing what I was going to inherit was a lot more.

Frank

Ana Fri 26-Jul-13 19:01:38

You don't have to be involved with the winding-up of an estate to inherit from it, Frank...confused

HUNTERF Fri 26-Jul-13 19:20:00

Ana

I agree with what you are saying but I did as much as I could to save cost.
I could have got the house transferred in to my name but I let the solicitor do it as I did not want my father's ex coming back on some obscure legal technicality.

Frank