What happens to your HECS loan when you die?

Have you ever wondered what happens to the remaining amount owing on your HECS-HELP loan when you die? Well here’s your answer!
What happens in South Australia to jointly held assets if you and your spouse die at the same time?

Do you remember the scene in Titanic where an elderly husband and wife choose to perish together rather than be separated? The couple were Ida Straus and her husband Isador Straus, Macy’s department store co-owner. Hankies aside, this story is interesting from an inheritance law perspective because it raises the question of what happens to […]