Brittani Norris died in a car accident a few weeks before graduating from college - who should pay off her student loan?

So, what if it had been $100,000 in credit card debt? Would the parents have petitioned to have that debt forgiven? (Before you ask, I don’t know how much she owed. I just picked a round number.) What if it was a husband and father of four who just took out a mortgage? Should the bank just forgive it? What a ridiculous response.