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nashashmitoday at 12:40 PM4 repliesview on HN

Is there a legal term for this kind of restructuring of debt?


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stevefan1999today at 12:58 PM

I vibe asked it on Kagi Assistant and it said the closet relevant result is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_two-step_bankruptcy

To me it seems more like leveraged buyouts + debt restructuring all at once. I rather coin this term "debt offloading", which could also cover the cases with Enron for the tactics they used about 25 years ago

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FireBeyondtoday at 5:16 PM

In personal terms there is the "deathbed divorce", a uniquely American construct where couples, often elderly, get divorced while one is in hospital or hospice in an attempt to not saddle their soon to be widowed partner with six digits of medical debt.

In another uniquely American construct, that won't stop hospitals calling up all their relatives either implying that they are now responsible for those debts, or that it would be a mark of respect and honor if, even not, the relative would be willing to settle them anyway.

svpernatvraltoday at 1:07 PM

Scamming the state through private debt emission.

Ozzie_osmantoday at 12:53 PM

"Private Equity"