Sallie Mae said its promissory note does say that the loan may be declared in default and due and payable in
the event of the cosigner's death, but they do not report the loan to the credit bureaus as defaulted unless and until it reaches 211 days of delinquency.
In
the event of a cosigner's death or qualifying total and permanent disability, the borrower will not be required to find a new cosigner for an existing loan.
Now an automatic default will not be triggered in
the event of the cosigner dying or filing for bankruptcy.
«Although the promissory note states that the loan may be declared in default and due and payable in
the event of the cosigner's death, we do not report the loan to the credit bureaus as defaulted unless and until it reaches 211 days of delinquency.
Not exact matches
In the
event of the death
of the student borrower, the loan can be forgiven and the
cosigner won't be responsible for repayment.
Some private student loans may also be forgiven in the
event of the death
of either you or your
cosigner.
Death or Disability: In the unfortunate
event of a borrower's death or qualifying total and permanent disability, Iowa Student Loan will forgive the loan and not require
cosigners or the borrower's estate to satisfy the loan obligation.
Also, in the
event of the borrower dying, the private loan lender would have to release the
cosigner from the debt.
Things such as funeral costs and jointly held debt (such as a
cosigner on a loan) are just a few
of the costs that you'll need to consider in the
event you were to unexpectedly die.
«
Cosigners assume the responsibility
of making payments in the
event the original borrower can not make the assigned payments,» explains Sean Stein Smith, CPA, member
of The American Institute
of CPAs» National CPA Financial Literacy Commission.
If you do, your
cosigner could ultimately be responsible for payment
of those loans in the
event of your death.