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Can Bankruptcy Discharge my Student Loans?

Debt Free Colorado

Are my Student Loan Debts Dischargeable in Bankruptcy? Student-loan holders now have a new path to freeing their debt through bankruptcy! In the past, discharging student loans was an almost impossible hurdle in bankruptcy. What do I need to know about discharging student loans in bankruptcy?

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Can I Discharge a Private Student Loan in Bankruptcy?

Sawin & Shea

The majority of people in Indiana who have thought about declaring bankruptcy likely already know how challenging it is to get student loans erased. Although it is not impossible, debtors normally need to pass the Brunner test, which establishes that repaying the student loans will put them in an unreasonably difficult position.

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CFPB Warns Student Loan Servicers About Collecting on Discharged Debt

Troutman Sanders

On March 16, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a compliance bulletin entitled Unfair Billing and Collection Practices After Bankruptcy Discharges of Certain Student Loan Debts. The compliance bulletin focused on the treatment of certain private student loans following a bankruptcy discharge.

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DOJ Releases Guidance for Discharging Federal Student Loan Debt in Bankruptcy

Troutman Sanders

Department of Justice (DOJ) has released guidance to its attorneys regarding requests to discharge student loans in bankruptcy cases. The DOJ will then review the information provided, apply the above factors, and determine whether to recommend that the bankruptcy judge discharge the borrower’s student loan debt. “By

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Court Refused to Discharge Student Loans Until Debtor Reaches 70 Years Old

ABI

In general, a student loan may not be discharged under title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) unless the debtor demonstrates “undue hardship.” [1] 4] Ultimately, the debtor accumulated $653,843.22 seeking a discharge of her student loan debt pursuant to § 528(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. [7].

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Joe Biden Is Still Fighting Student Loan Debtors Who Declare Bankruptcy

Collection Industry News

In a new letter, 27 Democratic senators are demanding the administration stop trying to overturn court rulings that help student debtors. Despite Joe Biden’s campaign promise to allow borrowers to discharge their student debts through bankruptcy, the administration has continued to fight debtors in bankruptcy court.

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Student Loan Debtors Seek High Court Standard In Debt Discharge

Collection Industry News

Supreme Court to provide a uniform, nationwide standard for what debtors must prove to eliminate student loan debt in bankruptcy. Wiping out student loan debt through bankruptcy is exceedingly difficult. Outstanding student debt now totals about $1.7 Consumer advocates are calling on the U.S. Brunner Test.