The gift has been bestowed

Most civilized countries allow you to refuse your inheritance. They cannot just force debt on you.

If you inherited debt you got scammed

My neighbor inherited the house he grew up in. He passed away and his grandson got the house. Turns out his grandfather took out a loan against the house and blew all of the money at the casino. His grandson is now paying for a house that was paid off fifty years ago
- In the US you can give it up to not get the debt. Would have just gotten nothing. Probably was still a better deal than going elsewhere. Or the grandson was just too sentimental about keeping the house.

😕✋ family gambling debt

😏👉family gambling addiction

You don't inherit another person's debt. Skeezy collectors can call and pester you, but they can't take action.

Don't you inherit debt if you also inherit assets in excess of the debt?
- Debts are discharged before heirs receive their inheritance.
- You get what's left over.
  If you get left a house that's 300k, but they had 250k in debt, you end up with 50k.
  But if you get left a 300K house, and they had 500k in debt, you don't owe 200k. You just don't get the house.

"Double it and give it to the next of kin"

What country are you in that you can inherit debt?

Could be indirectly inheriting the debt. They could've taken out a new/second mortgage to cover their gambling debts, for example. Sure, the kid could refuse the inheritance to avoid being stuck with that, but then they're still out a house they otherwise would've had if not for their parents debts.
- That is just mis-spending the money you should have left behind with extra steps.

Even the capitalist dystopia of America doesn't have inheritance debt.

gambling debt ..... aka as the mismanaged family business

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