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Inheritance
BillieTheBot
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Is it true that if someone is leaving all their stuff to you from France, you also inherit their debt?
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So I guess the answer to your question would be yes, unless they have been otherwise dealt with.
It would be if someone named you on their will but it ended up that there was actually nothing for you to inherit for whatever reason - but because you were the named inheritee it meant you had to pay off their debts. That would be pretty rubbish! (No idea if it's true or not, though.)
The debt is taken out of the inheritance, and banks don't like writing money off so they harrass the next of kin for payment, but there's no legal liability for it.
I obviously don't know about French law but a French company would have trouble enforcing the debt against you as a UK resident and citizen.
Don't forget that the French law is complicated in terms of the rights of children to their parents' estate and will override any will made by the deceased, even if the deceased was a British citizen living in the UK, any property held in France is subject to French law.
Very unfair.