Let me start by sending my condolences for the loss of your father.
If the student loans were taken out by your father as PLUS loans, then the loans will be forgiven by the government. If you took out the student loans under your SS#, then you still have to pay on the loans, even if your father cosigned on them.
Actually, that's not true - student loans are forgiven when the student dies.
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If the school closed and there were unused student loans, they would be cancelled. That would probably be an unusual circumstance since they probably would know in advance that they were closing.Any outstanding loans that were used would not be cancelled.
In the United States, if a student dies with outstanding federal education loans, those loans are typically waved and the debt disappears. However, if the loans were through private institutions, the loans may or may not be waved depending upon the individual bank or credit union's rules.
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Your outstanding student loans will not be exempt from creditors nor will they be dischargeable (absent exceptional circumstances) in a Chapter 7 or 13 bankruptcy proceeding. This is an important obligation that should be a priority you attend to because it will NOT go away.
If you can, pay interest during your grace period or periods of deferment/forbearance to avoid having interest capitalized (added to your principal) on unsubsidized loans, PLUS loans, and subsidized loans that have lost interest subsidy. Outstanding Balance1: $26,830 Interest Rate: 6.8 %
In the US, a student loan collection company that is garnishing your wages will already have a court judgment against you. You can get out of the judgment and garnishment by consolidating your loans. Click the link at the bottom of this text box to get help with the consolidation of your loans.
Are student loans forgiven at age 60? Are student loans forgiven at age 60?
There are only a few companies that provide direct student loans. You can go to a bank and get student loans from there, or you can get Federal Loans from your school.
== == == == Go to nslds.ed.gov to find out about federal loans. For private loans, check your credit report.
Sometimes private student loans can be consolidated depending on certain factors including the rules of your lender, whether you are in deferrment or default and your credit score. You cannot however, consolidate federal student loans and private student loans together.