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Discharging Student Loan Debt: The Brunner Test

ABI

American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff. . . Generally, student loan debt will not be discharged in a case under title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) unless there is a showing of “undue hardship on the debtor and debtor’s dependents.” 23, 2021) ( citing 11 U.S.C. citing 11 U.S.C.

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Appeals Court Rules That a Discharge Injunction Bars a Fraudulent Transfer Claim Based on a Non-Dischargeable Debt

PBWT

A discharge of debt in bankruptcy “operates as an injunction against the commencement or continuation of an action, the employment of process, or an act, to collect, recover or offset any such debt as a personal liability of the debtor.” ” 11 U.S.C. § See 11 U.S.C. § § 524(a)(2).