If your child happens to be a recent grad with a hefty amount of student debt — particularly if
you co-signed on some of that debt — then life insurance can satisfy your part of the liability just in case.
Not exact matches
If you had to have your parent or friend
co-sign with you to get approved for a loan, they are
on the hook for the terms
of the
debt.
Lenders will take
debt on the
co-signed card into account when considering either
of you for a loan.
The loan you've
co-signed for can show up
on your credit report, just like any other
debt you have... As a result, the loan you've
co-signed for can increase the size
of your outstanding
debt — added to your mortgage, credit - card balances, car loan or student loans — when lenders are deciding whether to let you borrow more money.
«Unlike other types
of debt, if you default
on a federal student loan, the government can garnish up to 15 %
of your wages, tax refunds, and social security benefits... And if your parents
co-signed your loan, their income can be garnished, too...»
A parent or guardian can
co-sign on your loan and give the lender some sort
of guarantee that you will pay your
debt.
When you
co-sign on a loan or line
of credit, you assume full responsibility for the
debt in the event the borrower defaults.
You have no obligation to pay your folks» bills post-mortem, although if you've
co-signed any loans or own property with them, you could be
on the hook if there's not enough money in the estate to cover their
debt, says Sandra Foster, financial planner and author
of You Can't Take it With You.
You may have the best intentions in the world, but if you
co-sign for any type
of debt for someone else, you are 100 % responsible for the full payments incurred
on that loan.
Even if they do not yet have dependents (children
of their own), millennials may also wish to consider life insurance if they provide financial support to their parents or carry student loan
debt for which a family member has
co-signed, said Reardon, noting term life insurance
on young, healthy adults «is incredibly cheap.»
In layman's terms, just because the court orders one
of the parties to pay a
debt obligation, it doesn't release the other spouse from liability
on the account if it was originally opened as a
co-signed account or joint account.
After posting a couple times recently
on what the Bible says about
co-signing loans (see Free Yourself from the
Debts of Another and Do Not
Co-Sign for reference), I found this piece from MSNBC.
When you
co-sign on a loan or line
of credit, you assume full responsibility for the
debt in the event the borrower defaults.
That amount
of coverage will protect her parents for the total
debt they
co-signed on for 15 years, after which the student
debt will be gone.