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Student debt loan forgiveness for people in public service

Roths Child Law

One option that you may consider is public service loan forgiveness, a national program that makes it possible for some teachers, social workers, public servants and nonprofit employees to have their loan balances discharged after 10 years of paying their loans monthly and on time. However, the program has been plagued with problems.

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Debtor Allowed to Make Voluntary Contributions to Retirement Fund While Repaying Creditors

ABI

. § 1325(b), which provides that, “if the trustee or the holder of an allowed unsecured claim objects, the debtor must either pay all allowed claims in full or the plan must provide that ‘all of the debtor’s projected disposable income’ be devoted to the Chapter 13 plan.” [7] 16-CV-62900, 2017 WL 4348897, at *8 (S.D. 29, 2017). [13]

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Discharging Student Loan Debt: The Brunner Test

ABI

a bankruptcy court in Kentucky held that student loans will not be discharged when the debtor earns “well above the poverty level,” when the debtor’s circumstances “are not likely to persist,” and when the debtor has not made any good faith effort to repay the loans. [2] United States Dep’t of Educ. , 8]. Serv., 2d 395 (2d Cir.