The father borrowed money from others to buy a house for his son and refused to pay it back.

Legal analysis: Adult children are people with full capacity and bear their own responsibilities. For the money owed by adult children, creditors (creditors) can only ask adult children to pay back, but not their parents. Legally, the property of adult children and parents is clearly divided, and there is no joint liability. Should repay the debt instead of the father: 1, accepted the gift from the father, resulting in the failure to repay the debt of the father, regardless of whether the gift is conscious or unconscious;

2. Inherit the inheritance from the father and undertake to accept the debts within the scope of the inheritance; 3. The debts borrowed by the father are used for the common life of the family, especially the life of the son, who lives with his father. Legally speaking, children have no obligation to pay debts for their parents. Father and son are two independent civil subjects, and they are not confused by the existence of blood relationship. The father's debt is the creditor-debtor relationship between the father as the subject and others, and has nothing to do with the children. As the heir, the son should repay the debts owed by the decedent within the limit of the actual value of the estate, but this is not "father's debt and son's compensation". As an heir, you can decide whether you need to repay the debts your father owed before his death according to your inheritance. To sum up, the statement that "the father owes the son back" is wrong.

Legal basis: Article 163 of the Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) has both legal inheritance and testamentary inheritance and bequest, and the legal heir shall pay off the taxes and debts that the decedent should pay off according to law; The part exceeding the actual value of the statutory estate shall be paid off by the testator and legatee in proportion to the income.