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Chapter 7 debtor can’t discharge student loans

By: Pat Murphy
Published: November 1, 2010

Tags: Chapter 7, student loans, undue hardship

A Chapter 7 debtor could not obtain a discharge of student loans in light of her live-in boyfriend’s substantial financial contributions to household expenses, the 8th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel has ruled in affirming judgment.

Student loans dischargeable as undue hardship

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: April 12, 2010

Tags: student loans, undue hardship

A debtor’s student loans are dischargeable under §528(a)(8) because paying them would impose an undue hardship on the debtor and her dependents, the 8th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel has ruled.

Bankruptcy on the docket at the Supreme Court

By: Reni Gertner
Published: November 23, 2009

Tags: Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, bankruptcy discharge, bankruptcy reform, debt relief agency, student loans, undue hardship

Two cases likely to have a big impact on bankruptcy law practice are set to be argued before the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court next week.

Hearing held on student loans in bankruptcy

By: Reni Gertner
Published: September 25, 2009

Tags: Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, nondischargeability, student loans, undue hardship

A House Judiciary subcommittee held a hearing Wednesday to examine the issue of whether private student loan debt should be dischargeable in bankruptcy.

New lawyer can’t discharge student loan debt

By: Pat Murphy
Published: July 9, 2009

Tags: student loans, undue hardship

A new lawyer shouldn’t have been granted a discharge of student loan obligations in his bankruptcy case merely because he faced years of “shockingly immense” indebtedness, the 8th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.

Court to rule on student loans in bankruptcy

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: June 15, 2009

Tags: student loans, undue hardship

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a student loan can be discharged in Chapter 13 bankruptcy without proving “undue hardship” and without commencing an adversary proceeding.