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Student Loans

Allmand Law Firm
April 6, 2009 Student Loans

Loan For Apprenticeship Treated As Student Loan

There was an interesting bankruptcy case Kesler, Michael O.; In re (Indiana/Kentucky Regional Council of Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee v. Kesler), involving a debtor who was refused a discharge for loans who...

Allmand Law Firm
January 12, 2009 Student Loans

Rare Circumstances Move Bankruptcy Court To Discharge Student Loans

In the case of Mabry v. U.S. De­partment of Education National Payment Center the bankruptcy court discharged the student loans of a debtor because they thought it unlikely that the debtor would ever have...

Allmand Law Firm
December 30, 2008 Student Loans

Something Fishy About Your Student Loan?

As we have discussed on this blog many times, student loans can be a financial thorn in the side of many debtors. There are nearly impossible to discharge and they eat away at debtor's...

Allmand Law Firm
December 18, 2008 Student Loans

Can I Discharge College Tuition In Bankruptcy?

Bankruptcy and Tuition Debt Anyone who has taken out student loans for college and experienced financially trying times knows that student loans cannot be discharged in bankruptcy unless they cause an "undue hardship" to...

Allmand Law Firm
November 12, 2008 Student Loans

Pay More To Student Loan Creditors In Chapter 13 Bankruptcy

For those debtors who cannot discharge their student loans in bankruptcy, it is important to pay as much as possible on the student loans while in Chapter 13 bankruptcy . One way a debtor...

Allmand Law Firm
November 12, 2008 Student Loans

Student Loan Debt – Dischargeable In Chapter 13 Bankruptcy?

Anyone who has ever taken out a student loan is quite aware of the fact that student loan debt is next to impossible to discharge in bankruptcy unless the debtor can prove "undue hardship."...

Allmand Law Firm
October 15, 2008 Student Loans

Texas’ New Prepaid Tuition Plan Beats Inflation

Many middle-class families worry about increased inflation, student loan costs and the credit squeeze as they plan for their children's college education. But Texas state officials hope their new prepaid tuition plan, Texas Tuition...