Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Ohio

default on a motorcycle payment

Ex son in- law purchased motorcycle in North Carolina, (83 year old) grandmother in- law

in Ohio co-signed loan.

He has been in default on the payment and this has been turned over to a firm in Calif. I am in Texas trying to protect my mother. He is planning on filing bankruptcy. What states laws do we go by, and what can my mother do to protect herself


Asked on 6/01/09, 3:30 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
James Grissom Law Office of James P. Grissom

Re: default on a motorcycle payment

Your mother can do nothing to protect herself. She signed as a guarantor on the loan. That means she pays if he doesn't. Bankruptcy protects him, not her. I suppose she could do bankruptcy if she wanted to. Hopefully, she would not die within the 5 years for a Ch. 13 discharge. Sorry for your grandmother. Maybe the ex son-in-law had good intentions at one time.

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Answered on 6/01/09, 4:28 pm


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