student loan

Consumer Commission – Student Loan Discharge Recommendations

04/18/19

The American Bankruptcy Institute’s Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy issued its final report last week.   This is the first in a series of articles about those recommendations.  To see more information about the Commission, follow this link.

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Consumer Commission – Student Loan Discharge Recommendations

04/18/19

The American Bankruptcy Institute’s Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy issued its final report last week.   This is the first in a series of articles about those recommendations.  To see more information about the Commission, follow this link.

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Using Bankruptcy To Get College Transcripts

05/25/13

GraduationBankruptcy can help in a lot of ways.  One less well-known benefit is to free up a copy of a college transcript to use for employment or future school applications, when you can’t afford to pay the college back right now.

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Student Loan Discharge: Opinion Of Judge Walker of Middle District Of Georgia Illustrative Of “Certainty Of Hopelessness” Required For Discharge

05/23/13

The opinion of Judge Walker in the case of  In re Williams (Williams v. American Education Service, et al,), 2013 Bankr. LEXIS 2050, Adv. Proc. No. 12-5059 (Bankr. M.D. Ga. May 13, 2013) is a good example of the standard that must be met to discharge student loans. Debtor’s must not only demonstrate “undue hardship” as required under 11 U.S.C.

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Student Loan Bankruptcy Problem A Doozy

04/17/13
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