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Originally Posted by jojajn
The bottom line here is that a foreign country can force undue hardship on our citizens (elderly, sick, and disabled US citizen with a fixed income who must travel to Chicago to the German consulate to sign a denial of inheritance/debt) or else have a right in US courts to sue for collection.
This elderly person has been a citizen of the US for well over 50 years. He is not a citizen of Germany. The relative, of whom Germany is attempting to obtain debt coverage for, has been estranged from any family for over 40 years. The debt is from a nursing home bill. This relative was in jail. When he became old and sickly, the German state committed him to a nursing home and is now literally extorting an American citizen to pay the bill!
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Germans can do whatever they like, remember... they believe that the rights of the individual is granted by the state and therefore subject to the discretion of the state. So naturally, they see nothing wrong here.
Good thing we so very much want to be like Europe!