Student Loan Debt After Bankruptcy Like child support obligations and some types of taxes, student loan debt will most likely survive your bankruptcy filing unless you can prove that repaying them will cause an...
The government just released a report saying that 7 out of 10 high school graduates will go on to college. That's up from 6 out of 10 in 2001. Unfortunately, while the number of...
The "Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2010" was introduced in the House on April 15th and if passed into law, it could make it easier for debtors who have private student loan...
Sallie Mae announced that a new law cutting out private lenders in the federal student business and stricter underwriting rules for private student loans will cost the company 2500 jobs. The law strips the...
The House and Senate are reviewing legislation that could allow bankruptcy courts to treat private student loans like other unsecured debt such as credit cards, which could mean that borrowers would have the ability...
In the Chapter 13 bankruptcy case of Parrott, Gregory S. and Karen S.; In re, the bankruptcy court refused to confirm the debtors' repayment plan saying that the debtors unfairly treated the student loans...
In the Chapter 13 bankruptcy case of Cassim, Jennifer D.; In re (Cassim v. Educational Credit Management Corp.), the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a Chapter 13 bankruptcy debtor did not...
