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Student loan and death (inheritance)
Voyager2002
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What happens on the death of someone with an outstanding student loan? Is the debt written off, or is it a debt payable by the estate?
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https://www.gov.uk/guidance/student-loan-cancellation-if-a-customer-dies
Looks like they're written off.1 -
Written off. I sadly know of someone this happened to. The loan is written off.Voyager2002 said:What happens on the death of someone with an outstanding student loan? Is the debt written off, or is it a debt payable by the estate?I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages, student & coronavirus Boards, money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.1
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