College Loan Forgiveness: When Student Dies, Should Parents Have to Pay?

When John Roark's 26-year-old daughter Jessica died of cancer last August, he went about the sad task of tending to matters related to her death, including finding a burial plot and tombstone and forwarding her mail. "I kind of took things over when my daughter passed," said Roark. "Everyone was in disarray." He eventually had to settle matters with three lenders related to her college student loans, though he had not co-signed for them. Even after sending her death certificate to one lender,...Full Story