QLD If Person with Dementia Dies Before Debt is Paid - Debt Repayment?

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patrik6

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If a debt is under management by the public trustee for a dementia patient and still has several years of repayments left and the person dies, what is the legal position of the remaining debt?
 

winston wolf

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The creditor would make a claim against the estate of the deceased person.
The debt does not die with the person.